self-regard
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, a group of pooh-bahs from college sports—an industry with boundless self-regard but limited ability to agree on anything—met with our elected pooh-bahs in Washington, D.C., who proudly do that for a living.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
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
And yet there is little doubt that these dudes have sucked millions of Americans into validating their delusion self-regard.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 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
