Example Sentences

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Just by the self-pleased way he worked out a crick in his neck, you could tell Mr. Gomes was used to stealing the show.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2012

Some self-pleased gasbag was always bombinating lengthily about his new airtight Jotul 118 or Vermont Castings Defiant or Fisher Papa Bear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boyle's flaw in his past work has been to seem a bit precious and self-pleased.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Tom put on a very self-pleased, patronising air.

From Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It by Kingston, William Henry Giles

At the same time there was something self-pleased and congratulatory in the way in which the mansion held its own amid the changing neighbourhood.

From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry