Example Sentences

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When explaining this trend, it’s tempting to turn to stereotypes: phone-addled, self-obsessed kids these days have forgotten how to connect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Urban, endlessly diverse and wildly self-obsessed, Brooklyn is hardly a template for America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Maybe it will convince more of us to try a little harder to be less self-obsessed.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

In 2022, James lost to co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph, whose wise, pious kindergarten teacher won over voters more swiftly than the self-obsessed Ava.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

For instance, love: men in many “advanced,” that is to say, self-obsessed, civilizations, view it only in its physical materializations, but not in its spiritual context.

From The Revolutions of Time by Dunn, Jonathan