Sentence examples for border on arrogance from inspiring English sources

With a combativeness that can border on arrogance, Spahn first gained a profile as the CDU's health policy spokesman, repeatedly calling for reforms of the pension system and data protection regulation – usually two holy cows in German political debate.

China seems to have digested one already: that the swagger, bordering on arrogance, with which Chinese officials were throwing their weight around in the region and in the West in the depths of the financial crisis created unnecessary alarm.

The president's leadership style is one of disengagement, disdain for the political fray and an aloofness that borders on arrogance.

His self-assurance still borders on arrogance.

He had an honesty that bordered on arrogance.

But as Wednesday showed, there is a belief, bordering on arrogance, in Bayern Munich now.

In contrast to the former President, Mr. Lungren's self-assurance sometimes borders on arrogance.

He radiates a confidence that to some fellow economists borders on arrogance.

But traders tend to have more than the usual level of self-confidence, bordering on arrogance.

"They are obviously very intelligent, and have this confidence bordering on arrogance.

It is that sensitivity bordering on arrogance, human rights advocates say, that contributes to his animus against the news media.