Examples of self-absorption in a Sentence
the novel's major characters all suffer from self-absorption, and they are every bit as insufferable as such people are in real life
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In the view of Georgie’s daughter, Suke Wolton, who teaches politics at Oxford, her late mother found Foster’s self-absorption a little hard to take.
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
But Headland’s play distinguishes itself from the others by investigating these confrontations alongside pride: How does this sin, defined by blinding self-absorption and lack of humility, distort the Dahls’ love?
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Thanksgiving is our emancipation from self-absorption or selfishness.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
But Headland’s play distinguishes itself from the others by investigating these confrontations alongside pride: How does this sin, defined by blinding self-absorption and lack of humility, distort the Dahls’ love?
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
Thanksgiving is our emancipation from self-absorption or selfishness.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for self-absorption
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“Self-absorption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-absorption. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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