Whiny, defensive, self-absorbed, they played right into the hands of this self-professed neo-imperialist.
For me, this position is defensive, self-serving, shallow, elitist and plain wrong-headed.
And Minette, hardened into defensive self-righteousness, fails to see that Genna may be her only friend.
Those centuries and centuries of homelessness had produced just such disagreeable men as myself — frightened, defensive, self-deprecating, unmanned and corrupted by life in the gentile world.
You are always aware of someone who struggles to conceal not only a defensive self-consciousness but also a cancerous anger and fear.
This experience is to implant in Gainsbourg a defensive self-irony, a need to fit in and yet not fit in.
On the band's MySpace page there is a sarcastic and defensive self-description: "SNOTTY ART SCHOOL DROPOUTS HUNGRY FOR THE DOLLAR".
The way Ms. Semenya's humiliation evoked Baartman's offers fascinating insight into South Africa's defensive self-image, and how the country projects itself in the world.
The result is an elusive, defensive self-portrait that never digs deep and a jab at period mores that remains anecdotal.
And, when Lang is criticized or challenged in any way, Brosnan's charm dissolves into fury; he catches the defensive self-righteousness of power, a leader's disbelief that anyone might be seeing through him.
Many of the offerings will be familiar from previous exhibitions, although it's always nice to see prized pieces like Kirchner's febrile "Berlin Street Scene" and Beckmann's moody and defensive "Self-Portrait With Horn".
