self-absorbed

Example Sentences

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"We will no longer be an isolated country, a country that is self-absorbed and acts solely out of political necessity."

From Barron's

Many had internalized the popular backlash against memoir as a debased form: clickbait, self-absorbed, a kind of narcissist’s public therapy pursued in lieu of writing Big Important Novels.

From Los Angeles Times

Edwin, 10 years Rosalie’s junior, suffers quietly from his self-absorbed parents’ inattention to anything he does, however hard he tries to impress them.

From Washington Post

I also reminded him that my sister is pretty self-absorbed.

From Washington Post

While my dogs mostly cater to my human self-absorption, my cats have been self-absorbed beings of their own.

From Salon