Sentence examples for Excessive pride from inspiring English sources
"Excessive pride or self-confidence".
Excessive pride, I believe, is the fundamental problem.
TEXANS have always possessed an uncommon (to other Americans, downright excessive) pride in their state.
Wiertz, who compared himself to Rubens, admitted that some accused him of excessive pride.
Well, the ancient Greeks had a word for it: hubris, excessive pride.
Aphorisms link the present reality with the mythic narrative and repeatedly stress the dangers of excessive pride in achievement.
With neither undue pride nor excessive remorse, Mr. Moreh's interlocutors talk about the "targeted assassination" of Hamas militants, about "moderate physical pressure" applied (sometimes fatally) to Palestinian prisoners and about the other tactics that are part of the arsenal of occupation.
Maybe it was that excessive local pride that nurtured my teenage scorn -- overexposure bred the proverbial contempt.
Where once shame would come shuddering up through the shoes of club head-honchos who had seen a player go elsewhere and develop into a fearsome star, now it appears there is only excessive self pride and self congratulatory back-slapping at the idea of being able to spend so much cash to ward off rivals and secure a player once deemed surplus to requirements.
Vieira de Mello's pride was perhaps excessive.
Aygünes, who has participated in rallies such as the Istanbul Gay Pride or Mayday demonstrations, believes the excessive police violence used in the square was counter-productive, bringing more and more people onto the streets, rather than deterring them.
