Sentence examples for exaggerated self-importance from inspiring English sources

Narcissists have an exaggerated self-importance so will frequently talk of the important people he knows and will name drop to impress.

It's a pity that he then acknowledged his applause with such exaggerated self-importance.

And it's laudable that he approaches his past work without an exaggerated self-importance.

Delusions of persecution, exaggerated self-importance, excessive distrust – it's ugly, it's unpleasant and it's par for the course for entrepreneurs.

What made these chief executives different from their predecessors, apart from their celebrity status and exaggerated self-importance?

It is an even greater honor that you extended the invitation before what I now -- with exaggerated self-importance -- call "Monster-gate".

While engendering an admirable idealism, it also created Swartz's most unpleasant trait, an exaggerated sense of self-importance, which the film does not hide.

The essential characteristic of this disorder is an exaggerated sense of self-importance that is reflected in a wide variety of situations.

Some on the left argue that Fairtrade has sold out to the major brands, while those on the right, such as the Institute of Economic Affairs, say Fairtrade is just another brand with an exaggerated sense of self-importance, and is not in a position to help all farmers.

OK, so maybe that guy had an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

Narcissists mainly, people with "a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and an exaggerated sense of self-importance".