self-important

Example Sentences

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All this will be to your tastes or not, but credit Mr. McInerney with not being self-important about his material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Pompous and self-important, it sounded as if the newspaper was really trying to say Without the Washington Post, we’re all screwed.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2025

Denis Leary, with a distracting dye job, plays self-important Army Col.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Quid pro quo is his answer, but perhaps it is also the chance to feel self-important again.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

I knew loads about Jesse—he loved baths but hated hot tubs, he listened to self-important indie music, cologne made his eyes puffy, he never washed his jeans—but Diego was an enigma.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson