Example Sentences

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“In my view, this decision is not only truly unfortunate but also hubristic and senseless.”

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025

“It’s going to happen—it would be hubristic to think it’s not,” Cline told me.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2024

In this tension of opposites he sees an invitation to practice humility, a perspective that stands in contrast to California’s centuries-long, hubristic efforts to dam up, divert and tame rain and runoff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

“It is incredibly hubristic to say I have a model, reality deviates from my model therefore reality is wrong”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The hubristic longings of a child seminarian were to carry Europe out of the cloister of medieval thought.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan