selfishness
Example Sentences
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Or was his quest for power rooted in sheer petty selfishness?
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
"This is a spiritual battle. Between selfishness and service. Between greed and greatness," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
She argued that "one person's phone going off shatters that for everybody" and so disrupting the experience is "an act of extreme selfishness".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
But we are not required to shrink into selfishness and judgment when faced with need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
The harder part was seeing the selfishness inherent in making that choice, knowing that it had required hours of advance meetings between security teams and local police.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
