selfishness
Example Sentences
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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
He has little patience for selfishness or opportunism.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Until that inevitable conclusion, I’ll be rooting for Max Cady’s campaign against the Bowdens’ vortex of selfishness, which is entirely OK to do.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Or was his quest for power rooted in sheer petty selfishness?
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
