Example Sentences

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“The Biggest Little Farm” can at times feel like a larger, better-produced version of the kind of viral video that spreads on Facebook, equal parts uplifting and self-congratulating.

From Washington Times • May 8, 2019

Here he was named male artist of the year and new artist of the year, and his “Traveller” won the prize for album of the year – a clear indication of the industry’s self-congratulating embrace.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2015

On a more positive note, his tweet also suggests that a little self-celebration and self-congratulating isn’t a bad idea.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2015

There’s a lot of self-congratulating going around Capitol Hill these days – members of Congress are, in not-so-insignificant ways, doing their jobs.

From MSNBC • Apr. 24, 2015

Peace ensues,   But spurious and short-lived, the puny child   Of self-congratulating Pride, begot   On fancied Innocence.

From The Task and Other Poems by Cowper, William