How to Use hubris in a Sentence

hubris

noun

• His failure was brought on by his hubris.
• But hubris seemed to get the better of this team again.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
• This hubris is the root cause of the dire problems now facing our seas.
  — CNN, 14 June 2019
• There’s a hubris in finding fault for the sake of finding fault.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
• Those who still believe in democracy must bury the hubris that caused the old world to fail.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2022
• Thanks to my hubris, what was supposed to be a half hour of heating time dragged on.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2020
• This is a bell-jar comedy about mankind trapped in its own hubris.
  — Armond White, National Review, 23 Feb. 2022
• Those nations that remain should have seen enough to know the dangers of hubris, though.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• At the height of her hubris, Emily sneaks her fork over to my plate and steals a potato.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
• His sin was more of hubris and arrogance than of lost money.
  — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• The Cold War has ended, but this kind of hubris remains.
  — Patrick Iber, New Republic, 30 Oct. 2017
• Fortunately, an item on the next page of the menu rescued me from my own spicy hubris.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• The story involves money and hubris and risk, with a human toll.
  — Elise Young, Bloomberg.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• He’s lost everything because of his hubris and his pride and his ego.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• But there's a lot of hubris that continues to be attached to Putin and his view of the war right now.
  — CBS News, 26 Feb. 2023
• To those from other specialties, this broad claim might smack of hubris.
  — Fortune, 26 Nov. 2019
• No character on the show more vividly skewers the hubris of the 1%.
  — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2019
• The naivete that stems from a mix of inexperience and hubris once again hobbled him here.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 25 May 2018
• The sheer hubris of both decisions can lead a person into strange places.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
• Nobody is coming to teach us lessons about our hubris, and there is no appealing the laws of physics.
  — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 4 Sep. 2021
• Only time will tell whether that confidence is hubris or not.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 19 Aug. 2019
• Medical experts hope the latest outbreaks may shake off some of the hubris.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• The hubris of adults trying to protect their power, at the expense of victims, came with a price.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• But, throughout the book, Schwartzel warns of the risks of such imperial hubris.
  — Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
• This is about media, this is about politics, this is about hubris.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 1 Nov. 2018
• Some of the biggest deals in music business history have hinged on hubris.
  — Bill Werde, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2019
• Even some Democrats echo that point, warning their party against hubris.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2018
• With irony, and hubris, and wrestling with the fat thumb of institutional power.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
• Their story, outlined here for the first time, depicts a team that became the victim of its own hubris.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
• Both thought victory was assured and both were punished for their hubris.
  — Therese Raphael, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017

Last Updated: 22 Apr 2024