Sentence examples for earned arrogance from inspiring English sources

In person he can be affable, but he doesn't hide a certain earned arrogance.

Perhaps Ms. Paulus and company will have earned their arrogance.

It's an uneven album, with a few too many plush, self-satisfied productions, but when Jay-Z is goaded by the right beat, it's clear how he earned his arrogance.

Mr. Barnes, 61, whose reputation for arrogance earned him the nickname King Roy while he was in the Governor's Mansion — struck a far humbler tone on Wednesday, saying: "I realize that when I was governor before I didn't do enough listening.

He also earned a reputation for arrogance by repeatedly declaring his indifference to most plays other than his own.

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s the cable industry was a wild place where maverick businessmen like Daniels Cablevision founder Bill Daniels and TCI's John Malone pioneered an industry most people thought would never succeed and earned a reputation for arrogance that has yet to subside.

"He is quicker and more self-confident than those he deals with and this has earned him a reputation for arrogance," says one diplomat.

He never thanked his mechanics and earned a reputation among fans for arrogance and mouthing off.

She would not give interviews and denied requests for autographs, which earned her the nickname "Katharine of Arrogance".

There is a certain arrogance in this, but then, as Petit says in more ebullient and playful moments, he has earned the right to be arrogant.

The arrogance of lawyers is more than matched by many others who have earned impressive credentials.