Sentence examples for bordering on arrogance from inspiring English sources

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.

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

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.

He and his aides have shown flashes of a fresh confidence, bordering on arrogance, that was once the province of the Bush campaign.

He had an honesty that bordered on arrogance.

The locals' pride in their culture and the beauty of the city's architecture has always bordered on arrogance.

For all her bravado and confidence that has sometimes bordered on arrogance, Holmes was fundamentally a runner lacking self-belief before these Olympics.

His was a brand of confidence that bordered on arrogance, and though he has always been an effective scorer, the N.B.A. has demanded that players at his position be multidimensional.

His stubbornness in sticking to his tactical approach has bordered on arrogance at times, even with opponents having long since cottoned on to how they can nullify his side.