selfishness
Example Sentences
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He preaches selfishness instead of selflessness, avarice instead of charity and going after the least of us instead of raising them up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
A reference for our time is Judge Richard Posner’s 1995 book, “Aging and Old Age,” with its frank discussion of the relationship between shortened time horizons in the elderly and unchecked selfishness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
It was all an exercise in selfishness, Jim thought.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
