Example Sentences

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“Some athletes become so anxious and self-focused — overthinking to the point of distraction — that their ability to perform a skill, such as putting, is impaired,” the Mayo Clinic states.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2024

Older adults are always complaining that today's youth are so darn self-focused and narcissistic.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2019

If most of your sentences have “I” or “me” in them, you are probably too self-focused, says Dr. Pennebaker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2018

Martha Reeves told me that Powell taught her and the other singers to transcend what can be an obsessively self-focused environment, and to think about others.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2015

But as campaigns adjust to a new self-focused social media world, some are left wondering whether more meaningful voter-candidate interactions are suffering.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2015