How to Use self-absorption in a Sentence

self-absorption

noun

• The depth of her ambition was hard to reach, as was her self-absorption.
  — Sara Wheeler, Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
• That blindness, that self-absorption, has become your legacy.
  — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
• This self-absorption can lead to two varieties of policy failures.
  — Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2022
• Her self-absorption at this critical juncture is exactly what Julien needed to hear to feel free to abandon ship.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
• His self-absorption, against the backdrop of such enormous loss, was particularly striking.
  — Kevin Johnson, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
• This self-absorption can lead to anxiety, research suggests, which prevents people from reaching out in the first place out of a fear of rejection.
  — Allie Volpe, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
• 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
• Beware the tendency to slip into self-absorption as a Dragon, however.
  — Kyle Lucia Wu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
• But, sometimes, accomplishment and self-absorption can go together.
  — Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
• While fans will find the extreme scenarios familiar, newcomers might be surprised by the characters’ self-absorption.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
• 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
• Thanksgiving is our emancipation from self-absorption or selfishness.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• Both behavioral traits share some core symptoms, including self-absorption, a high sense of self-importance, hostility, and a high sense of entitlement.
  — Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Sep. 2024
• Within and around that serious and timely matter, the musical’s creators found time and space to affectionately send up the vanity and self-absorption of some — many?
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• Its author, Dan Fox, works to separate pretentiousness from the many turnoffs the word conjures, like arrogance, self-absorption and snobbery.
  — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• But, while it is not yet reflected in the GOP presidential polls, there is a risk that Trump becomes tedious in his legal self-absorption.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
• The biggest emotional gut punch comes not from anything that happens to Strings, but when Essie is predictably cast aside as yet another pawn in the crooner's game of high-minded self-absorption.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• Nadja distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel and, with brutal honesty, forces him to confront his caustic temperament and self-absorption.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 June 2023
• Back on the homefront, Zora lapses into blathering self-absorption and even Billie, the nurse, comments on her need to devote more quality time to her daughter.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
• Massive self-absorption, vanity, and insecurity were their hallmarks.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• Monologuing about the minutiae of one’s DNA is self-absorption at, quite literally, the cellular level.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• But that feckless self-absorption is rerouted, if not extinguished, by a chance sighting of local resident Charlotte (Alison Pill).
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
• Nichols argues that in an era of jaundiced self-absorption, citizens in Western societies have lost their appreciation of democratic values and the virtues of civic engagement.
  — Tom Nichols, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
• For audiences familiar with the story, where Cécile and Anne end up will not surprise, but newbies will likely be shocked at the potency of Cécile’s teenage self-absorption.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
• The show centers around Lauren Caspian (voiced by Woods), public radio’s third most popular host, whose self-absorption and haughtiness are matched only by the dulcet tenor of his voice.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
• The romantic storyline represents uncharted territory for a character known more for self-absorption than self-reflection.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
• Making savvy use of that thriller conceit, Tolkin’s wildly entertaining first novel offers a front-row seat to the self-absorption that characterizes those who would (and do) become mythmakers in Tinseltown.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• For many, Yoon’s self-absorption and eagerness to target the media are reminiscent of the country’s mid-century military dictatorship, which lasted until the nineteen-eighties.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• The interview went viral on Friday, prompting widespread criticism of Wenner and portraying him as embodying stereotypes about baby boomer self-absorption and entitlement.
  — Meredith Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Contented as a character actor and always game to subvert his beefcake stature, Marino excels at playing mostly likable putzes who teeter precariously between sympathetic earnestness and manic self-absorption.
  — Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 2 June 2023