How to Use self-righteous in a Sentence
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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
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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
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Who among us hasn’t felt some version of that self-righteous purity?
—WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
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Their exchange is terse and extremely one-sided in favor of the self-righteous Bosch.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
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Mariko is a more reserved, subtle character who lights up the screen, even without self-righteous tirades.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
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Through that bogus bromide, not genuine black folklore, class privilege raised its self-righteous head.
—Armond White, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 | Mwake@al.com, al, 15 June 2023
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