Example Sentences

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But in making Wynona so belligerently flawed and River so narcissistically self-serving, FastHorse diminishes our concern for the outcome of their battle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

The psychiatrist, Dr Layet, pointed out that the accused narcissistically focused on the love his wife and children once felt for him, not his betrayal of their trust.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

All the while they get distracted by zany side-quests, pal around with odd sidekicks and preen narcissistically.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

"The narcissistic symbiosis refers to narcissistically wounded individuals in the population being drawn to one another as leader and followers," Lee observed.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021

But researchers are apt to lose sight of whom they are writing for, and narcissistically describe the obsessions of their guild rather than what the audience really wants to know.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker