Sentence examples similar to complacent self-admiration from inspiring English sources

Nixon was certainly entitled to some self-admiration.

And deliver us, right this minute from self-admiration.

Or did Bacon choose to have Rembrandt look over his right shoulder – the angel's side – as a token of admiration, or self-admiration?

Genuine confidence about one's strengths is categorised as over-confidence; desirable self-knowledge is branded as excessive self-admiration.

As the prince, Mr. Edelman dashes through the forest, posing from time to time in self-admiration.

Even in Normandy during the D Day invasion, there is no self-admiration or grandeur.

Perhaps it was her Quaker upbringing, which had inculcated the dangers of self-admiration.

If Steiner's self-admiration is warranted, perhaps he should have left it unwritten along with these books.

Tisbe and Clorinda, the daughters of Don Magnifico, are adorning themselves extravagantly, and indulging in ecstasies of self-admiration.

"Who hasn't heard of me?" Self-admiration is a trait in which neither man is lacking.

Aside from his self-admiration, Lieberman is still a bit perturbed by Google's decision to stop at Community Guideline violations.