oblivious
adjective
unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of orto ).
self-oblivious
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a word derived from
oblivious.
Example Sentences
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Thus dwindled by degrees Blatherwick's self-reflection and self-seeking, and, growing divinely conscious, he grew at the same time divinely self-oblivious.
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
Ramsey stared again and suddenly fell into that soft, rippling laugh, keen, merry, self-oblivious, which forty excusing adjectives would not have excused to her nurse.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
But if He said this, what becomes of His right to the veneration of mankind, as the Perfect Example of the self-sacrificing, self-oblivious religious life?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Alexander Maclaren
The self-oblivious elation with which the slim lass gave her eyes and mind to everything except her own footing caused him to keep his chief watch on her.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
Did self-oblivious love ever shine more gloriously in the darkness of sorrow?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren
