How to Use selfish in a Sentence

selfish

adjective

• I wish he'd spend less time with his friends and more time with me. Am I being selfish?
• She's interested only in her own selfish concerns.
• For me, part of it was selfish because four-man is the coolest event.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 2 Feb. 2022
• And putting yourself and your health first is not at all selfish.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2020
• Since Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, there can be a selfish streak that runs through our veins this time of the year.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Give yourself the time and be selfish with your beauty.
  — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2021
• Maybe that was a selfish assumption in the first place.
  — Vogue, 8 Apr. 2024
• So make the right decision on each shot and don’t be selfish.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
• So not being a part of it, just from a selfish standpoint, is hard.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
• Olsen: And now the characters on the show, they are seen as greedy, selfish, cruel.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• To protect us against the selfish, the time for talking has ended.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2021
• Although, that's where the selfish desire for more crept in.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2020
• The important thing is to put your own needs first, even at the risk of seeming selfish.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• The former turns the employee or the owner into an agent of the state, at least in the mind of selfish fools.
  — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• This is all just rhetoric to convince ourselves to be selfish.
  — Josh Kun, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• The song takes on high taxes, abuse of welfare and selfish politicians.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2023
• Yes, that is selfish on my part, but anyone who has ever been on the wrong end in court gets it.
  — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2021
• Your friends had a choice, to fulfill their duties as gracious hosts, or be selfish and go to the game.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
• Rest assured that this is the best time in decades for employees to be selfish about their needs.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
• My sister didn’t want to hear that, and accused me of being selfish and lazy, and of leaving all the work to her.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2021
• The person who doesn't share his passion is very selfish.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• The coach sometimes had to remind his star player to be more selfish and look for his shot.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• The Pope's suggestion that failing to have children is selfish is far from the truth.
  — Alistair Currie, CNN, 9 Jan. 2022
• From varieties that don’t need watering all the way to the most selfish of plants.
  — Caroleine James, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
• But there may be a selfish reason to vaccinate the world.
  — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
• And yet, his actions after the game were selfish and reckless.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2020
• Your selfish actions could cause the passenger to be carried out of the plane on a stretcher.
  — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
• What a selfish request and to keep pestering it for years is so rude.
  — Erin Clack, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
• That seems like a misguided and selfish reason to have kids.
  — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Nov. 2024
• Perhaps a record of principled work for others should outweigh a record of selfish ambition.
  — Keenan Robbins, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024