self-indulgently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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But when the rich and powerful — the self-styled “masters of the universe” — make legally disastrous decisions, it’s usually because they’ve either ignored their attorneys or self-indulgently chosen the wrong lawyers for the job.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018
And her final soliloquy is stretched self-indulgently thin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2016
I’m struggling to recall an instance in which a pundit has so self-indulgently wallowed in his own arrogance and sense of entitlement.
From Salon ● May 6, 2015
The absence of anchormen talking self-indulgently about their own interests and ideas is not why the US lags behind South Korea in the educational stakes either.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2012
Wilson over-wrote some of his portraits and self-indulgently over-quoted some of the writers.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2012
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