selfishness
Example Sentences
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Or was his quest for power rooted in sheer petty selfishness?
From Slate ● Jul. 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
Our selfishness, she continues, is the reason capitalism works.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
Not worrying about what others think of you reveals a selfishness, a lack of empathy, a disrespect for your professional environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
It was easy to think the worst of humanity when all I saw was brutality and selfishness, and these people showed me there was still good in the world, even if I rarely saw it.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
