Sentence examples for self-important manner from inspiring English sources

He thought of what lay ahead; the red tape, the interminable waits, the slow motion advance from desk to desk, and the irritatingly self-important manner of several minor officials.

Sir Elton John today accepted an apology and libel damages from the Sunday Times over untrue claims that he behaved in a "self-important, arrogant and rude" manner at his annual fundraising ball.

She tolerates his casting her as a self-important, moany cow who was damned lucky to have him, while He tolerates her upkeep, nippy manners and lefty tendencies.

Or self-important?

Self-important, gloomy".

Audacious or self-important?

It IS self-important.

And the more self-important.

What a self-important title!

Kalaj is bombastic, reckless and self-important.

"Salinger" is self-important, redundant, and interminable.