How to Use self-righteous in a Sentence

self-righteous

adjective

• John is the supremely self-righteous Veronica with Sieber as her more earthy spouse, Michael.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• That rain jacket wasn’t made from unicorn ear wax, but the irony seems to have escaped the self-righteous protester.
  — WSJ, 13 July 2023
• The stories of the working class are overlooked and traded to create a self-righteous brand of goodness and populism.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2024
• Who among us hasn’t felt some version of that self-righteous purity?
  — WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
• Their exchange is terse and extremely one-sided in favor of the self-righteous Bosch.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
• Mariko is a more reserved, subtle character who lights up the screen, even without self-righteous tirades.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
• For anyone who’s ever been wronged, loves to feel a little self-righteous, or just wants to dance it out, consider this your summer anthem.
  — Vogue, 2 July 2024
• Through that bogus bromide, not genuine black folklore, class privilege raised its self-righteous head.
  — Armond White, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
• However, my doctors tell me to stay away from them, as being around their judgmental and self-righteous attitude could trigger a relapse.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
• Within the walls of Abbott, her piousness can come off as self-righteous, but Sheryl Lee Ralph’s performance adds a level of warmth and care similar to that of a big hug from your favorite auntie.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
• Her self-righteous smirk, withering glare and wide, mischievous grin captured the emotional extremes of adolescence to an extent that words could never quite express.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 14 July 2024
• If Harbaugh is implicated as knowing, then the punishment will worsen dramatically and he will be sent to the social media gallows as a self-righteous fraud.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• And finally, Jenny, who wasn’t even born when their father was abducted, has dedicated her life to the self-righteous rejection of her family, a preoccupation that has left her friendless and joyless.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
• During the controversial match, Williams exploded in self-righteous fury at officiating decisions, briefly turning the crowd against Osaka and leaving her in tears even in victory.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
• At a moment when so much comedy leans on self-righteous preaching or performative offensiveness, Carmichael’s candor is refreshing.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
• The performances sing, too, with the series making use of Portman’s gift for self-righteous sanctimony and Ingram’s ability to sell both disillusionment and swashbuckling heroism as the situation demands it.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
• If figures like Bannon and Wolf are selling self-righteous individualism, the left must work on bringing people together and building solidarity.
  — Laura Marsh, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• While religious iconography abounds — and makes for some handy weapons, in a pinch — Cecilia’s crisis isn’t one of faith but of bodily autonomy, an indictment of self-righteous authority figures who use religion to gaslight and control female bodies.
  — Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• In recent months, those online debates have grown coarse and self-righteous, thanks to an unfortunate lyrical shift towards fellating his own male id on Her Loss, his pathetically execrable collaboration from last year with 21 Savage.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• Recent excesses in prosecutions/persecutions and intramural power grabs that then spark self-righteous conniption fits make a spectacle of shamelessness that cries out for ridicule.
  — Armond White, National Review, 6 Oct. 2023
• Ticketmaster’s recent fumbling of ticket sales for popstar Taylor Swift’s latest stadium tour put the venture’s practices, long bemoaned by music fans (and occasionally self-righteous rock bands like Pearl Ham), under a new, hotter spotlight.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024