self-satisfied
Example Sentences
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Although her Schiaparelli look is more like “Madame B” for “Boring,” especially at an event like the Met Gala, it’s at least a somewhat interesting — if self-satisfied — commentary.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Though scrupulously executed, they often look self-satisfied and rhetorical.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Several of the figures rest a self-satisfied hand at the apex of their bump.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
Look at that self-satisfied smile on his face.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025
Other times he was that red Devil who lurks on the Underwood ham cans, self-satisfied and corrupt in his bow tie, mustache, and arrow-point tail.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
