The part of a sentence 'egotistical for' is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that someone is being egotistical or self-centered for a particular reason or purpose. Example: Despite being surrounded by poverty, the politician remained egotistical for his own wealth and success.
THIRD SENIOR -- I think it'd be pretty egotistical for us to say that warfare, military operations, are more difficult now than they were before.
One is tempted to call the composition a masterpiece, except that the word seems too egotistical for an artist so keen on collaboration and so attuned to the experiences of others.
Mr. Stoicescu said he worried about being seen as self-indulgent (though he donates much more each year to philanthropic causes), egotistical (for obvious reasons) or stupid (the cost of the technology, he knows, is dropping so fast that he would have certainly paid much less by waiting a few months).
It would be pretty egotistical for me to say that my work will be remembered—I'm not sure of what would be part of the history of the world.
It satisfied my egotistical need for expression because, when I was young, nobody listened to my stories".
A cruel light on journalism The News of the World undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood was said to have an "egotistical obsession" for stories at a terrorist trial last week.
In a letter to the composer Franz Liszt, he heralded a time when "we shall abandon our habit of clinging firmly to the past, our egotistical concern for permanence and immortality at any price".
THERE are moguls running amok in Hollywood, and like financial Godzillas, they prey on gullible investors on Wall Street and Main Street to feed their egotistical hunger for fame and fortune.
Calatrava's vaguely New Age approach, using the hidden order of natural geometry from plants and crystals to animal bones to make economical and logical structures, has mutated into what looks like an uncomfortably egotistical quest for sensation that represents only a dead end.
He holds out little hope for either Ivory Coast or any west African side at the World Cup, blaming corruption and egotistical players for the continued underperformance of African football at international level, and the impression he gives is of relief that his Ivorian adventure is over.
Consequence: seemingly egotistical behaviour for knowledge and status awareness sharing, lack of communication and general lack of trust.
