hubris

Example Sentences

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It is only hubris to believe that the very origin of creation could be kept hidden.

From Los Angeles Times

There was no bombast and there was no hubris: Adler wanted readers to be guided by their palates and instincts, as she was.

From Salon

Gen. Jay Garner, the American tasked with overseeing Iraq’s postwar reconstruction, would constitute a towering moment of hubris in a foreign policy misadventure tragically replete with them.

From New York Times

They howl about “government overreach” and yet are the first ones to demand government and taxpayer bailouts for collapses caused by their own recklessness and hubris.

From Washington Post

The CIA director spoke of “where Putin’s hubris has now gotten Russia,” and said that in authoritarian systems, when “nobody challenges” a leader, “you can make some huge blunders.”

From Washington Times