How to Use self-involved in a Sentence

self-involved

adjective
  • Is the joke that celebrities are self-involved?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Not that Samantha wasn’t self-involved.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The men at the film’s center — Paul and Carey — are hysterical and self-involved.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There was a time when being competitive and self-involved really served my pursuit.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Horgan isn’t one to let Alex off the hook for her own flaws, and Youth often feels both funnier and realer for recognizing how self-involved Alex can be.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Ethan’s leadership was poor and arguably self-involved; Joan let herself get manipulated; and Angelo’s now been in the bottom twice.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Redford said recent signs of a resurgence in student activism are welcome change over the 1980s, when many were self-involved and primarily concerned about making money.
    — Hannah Parry amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The bold move presents the clingy and self-involved Ashley with a promotion and a bigger salary while the emo but opportunistic personal trainer Austin lands a gig at the country club’s health and wellness center.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026

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