Example sentences for: hubris

How can you use “hubris” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Conservative pundits--such as Robert Novak (NBC's Meet the Press and CNN's Capital Gang ), Brit Hume ( Fox News Sunday ), and Paul Gigot (PBS's NewsHour With Jim Lehrer )--think the defeat resulted from Clinton's hubris and the GOP's sound appraisal of the national interest.

  • Idealists preach responsibility and courage, which realists dismiss as hubris and folly.

  • In fact, the history of consulting is full of tales like these, showcasing the hubris, shortsightedness, and one-size-fits-all attitude of firms like McKinsey, Deloitte & Touche, and Andersen.

  • To suggest that genetic identity between two individuals of differing ages is of any material consequence to their self-identity is the height of hubris.

  • The US should snap out of its hubris over Kosovo--or the world could become very dark indeed if Russian hurt turns to mischief-making."


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