Example Sentences

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He won a special Emmy award for his daily televised briefings and published a self-adulatory book about his leadership during the crisis.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

Most of these self-adulatory boards, a visual pollutant by any fair standard, prove that these candidates do not treasure our countryside.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2015