Example Sentences

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Shalmiyev has plenty of genuine self-concern, but beyond herself she seems capable of thinking only in stereotypes; she can’t see beyond her own suffering let alone get her readers there.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2019

In Newton's view, Bremer exuded "narcissistic self-concern" rather than a discernable ideology.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2012

For if the look of Lazarus has not left him, neither has the insatiable desire to rouse humanity from its self-concern.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout the course of the year they may be brought back again and again to the realization that fear, deceit, stubbornness and disobedience all stem from self-concern and self-will.

From Time Magazine Archive

From her present bearing I arrived at some gauge of her self-concern, her self-respect. 

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram