self-regard

Example Sentences

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The pathological self-regard required to be a YouTube star turned out to be reasonable preparation for the supercharged bravado of being a boxer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Hawke doesn’t overload their delicate dances or any of his other scene partnerships with an insistence on pulling the spotlight, true to his character’s unspoken self-regard as a guide who happens to investigate his curiosities.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

The entire movie has a disappointing air of smug self-regard about it, with an expectation the audience will adore everything about the characters as much as they do.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

However, he believes that the current grievances aired by the likes of Bombshell are prompted more by self-regard than public interest.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

This was an inherently unstable arrangement, given the self-regard of the two scientists.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik