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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Scene by scene, Reichardt reminds of the world J.B., in his self-absorption, has been hiding out from.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
That blindness, that self-absorption, has become your legacy.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Maybe the symptoms of his cognitive decline are inextricable from what seemed to you to be his general self-absorption and thoughtlessness.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Frost’s well is a modern version of Narcissus’ pool, and his poem is a meditation on self-absorption and its limits.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
That blindness, that self-absorption, has become your legacy.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Maybe the symptoms of his cognitive decline are inextricable from what seemed to you to be his general self-absorption and thoughtlessness.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Frost’s well is a modern version of Narcissus’ pool, and his poem is a meditation on self-absorption and its limits.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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 24 Oct. 2025.
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