Sentence examples for ego kicked from inspiring English sources
In the exact moment after I'd realized that what Blaine said was true, that I'd cribbed a laugh from someone else's creativity and inspiration, my ego kicked in.
With his nerves shredded, Dave's alter ego Kick-Ass is born and becoming a vigilante legend, he's drawn into a campaign against a mob boss.
The plan called for a stunt double, "but we get down there and, of course, my ego kicks in," Mr. Redford said, grimacing.
"At that point the ego kicks in and you feel like winning by as much as you can but I kept telling myself not to be silly, no heroics, let's just complete the job," said the Inverness rower.
As a result, they tend to do it for the ego kick or as a civic contribution, and they tend to be from the more privileged elite.
"The ego can kick in after you have been in practice a while," explains Paul Silka, an emergency-department physician who is also the hospital's chief of staff.
High schooler Dave Lizewski Aaronn Taylor-Johnson) is desperate to get back in action as his alter-ego Kick-Ass, while the now teenage Mindy Macready (Chloë Grace Moretz) is struggling to maintain a promise that she no longer adopt the persona of Hit-Girl.
"If you have your ego bothered by getting kicked out of a couple of offices, you shouldn't be in sales," he says.
Lady Gaga -- as her male alter-ego, Jo Calderone -- kicked off the night with a rambling speech about Gaga (meta!) and then rocked the piano for a moving version of "You and I".
