Examples of egomania in a Sentence
even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions
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The reader feels Evans’ increasing egomania on every page.
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 Feb. 2026
Age and bitterness appear to have compounded the narcissism and egomania to produce derangement.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Emmy nominee and beloved Broadway star Michael Urie gets to embrace Brian’s egomania by preaching its benefits in an improvised TED talk… only to then repeatedly abandon his personal belief system in favor of the show’s supportive communal vibes.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
Each aria-song, through middling Latin pop and rap hybrids, expresses the egomania of sociopaths.
—Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020).
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 Feb. 2026
Age and bitterness appear to have compounded the narcissism and egomania to produce derangement.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Emmy nominee and beloved Broadway star Michael Urie gets to embrace Brian’s egomania by preaching its benefits in an improvised TED talk… only to then repeatedly abandon his personal belief system in favor of the show’s supportive communal vibes.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
Each aria-song, through middling Latin pop and rap hybrids, expresses the egomania of sociopaths.
—Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020).
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
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“Egomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egomania. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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egomania
noun
ego·ma·nia
ˌē-gō-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə 
: the quality or state of being extremely egocentric
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