Example Sentences

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I hope you’ll believe me when I say that I don’t find it helpful to look back in anger, or to self-righteously indulge in any sort of blaming and shaming.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

Amy Jo Burns’ debut novel, “Shiner,” takes that setting and its tensions — faith versus reality, peril and those who self-righteously toy with it — and gives it a smart, stylish update.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2020

I just remember my mom smiling self-righteously and gloating about successfully representing herself.

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2018

Indeed, and all those who smugly and self-righteously do the dirty work for those in power would do well to reflect on the fate of Ms. Kelly.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2016

Tommy Baseomb unrolled the contract and thrust it under Snuffy’s nose, and Snuffy sniffed it and then squinched down his eyebrows, pretending to study the various clauses the regional director so self-righteously proffered.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols