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Styles’ role in Serena’s coming out was obviously self-glorifying; however altruistic his aims, it took for granted — and only reinforced — the 28-year-old’s position of cultural power.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022

The politics of the day were as ugly as can be, but the people depicted, by Raphael, Pontormo, Bronzino and Salviati, have the poise, élan and self-glorifying joie de vivre of today’s Instagram stars.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

Either way, the sad excuses on public display this week are more self-incriminating than self-glorifying.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2018

But “A Word or Two,” directed by , is by no means a self-glorifying star turn.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2012

He is buried in front of the altar, with the remarkable epitaph—very different to the pompous, self-glorifying inscriptions of his brother— "Hic jacet pulvis, cinis, et nihil."

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.