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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This fits the very pattern that Rice has created: a model of self-absorption.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Hard mode: in the endless cycle of desire, self-absorption, and suffering, seek ways to live with kindness and compassion.
—Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The depth of her ambition was hard to reach, as was her self-absorption.
—Sara Wheeler, Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
Beware the tendency to slip into self-absorption as a Dragon, however.
—Kyle Lucia Wu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Hard mode: in the endless cycle of desire, self-absorption, and suffering, seek ways to live with kindness and compassion.
—Charles Yu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The depth of her ambition was hard to reach, as was her self-absorption.
—Sara Wheeler, Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
Beware the tendency to slip into self-absorption as a Dragon, however.
—Kyle Lucia Wu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
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 Jun. 2026.
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