EGOTISTICAL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for EGOTISTICAL, such as:
1. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
2. Decidedly man is an ungrateful and egotistical animal.
3. The best of us are not exempt from egotistical thoughts.
4. If she was egotistic about her tiny learning, they were at least as much so regarding theirs.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EGOTISTICAL
egotistical
 a.  excessively self-centered; self-important
Classic Sentence:
1  Decidedly man is an ungrateful and egotistical animal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
2  Franz was not sufficiently egotistical to stop Albert in the middle of an adventure that promised to prove so agreeable to his curiosity and so flattering to his vanity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
3  The best of us are not exempt from egotistical thoughts.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
4  And to all these questions poor Kitty, forced to put on a pleasant face, responded in a stifled voice whose dolorous accent her mistress did not however remark, solely because happiness is egotistical.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 35 A GASCON A MATCH FOR CUPID
5  I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in regarding this event as a special interposition of divine Providence in my favor.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  If she was egotistic about her tiny learning, they were at least as much so regarding theirs.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  "What I have certainly gained is freedom," he began seriously, but did not continue, noticing that this theme was too egotistic.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XVII
8  Conscience makes egotists of us all.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
Example Sentence:
1  Typical egotistical remark: "But enough of this chit-chat about you and your little problems. Let's talk about what's really important: Me!".