self-applauding
- a word derived from applaud.
Example Sentences
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The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William
What Wordsworth admirably called "the self-applauding sincerity of a heated mind" leaves them no loophole for doubt, and no understanding of the doubter.
From Americans and Others by Repplier, Agnes
Religious truth is not reached by "quick turns of self-applauding intellect," nor by demonstrations.
From The Jesus of History by Glover, T. R.
The vindictive P. T. was both so fortunate and so hearty in his commendations that he proved the mere echo of Pope in his self-applauding moods.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
But bade the self-applauding crow, fill'd big With hopes of favor for his faithful tale, With snowy-plumag'd birds no more to join.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
