Example sentences for: self-important

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

  • She's been supplanted by Tony's sister Pavarti, aka Janice, who, as you say, is an epic drag--a bullying, self-important, unsympathetic, bohemian drag.

  • Consider Washington High, a wealthy, self-important institution inside the Beltway.

  • Pearl Jam detractors still can't stand singer Eddie Vedder: They say he's unbearably self-important and limits the group's appeal by refusing to "sell out" and make videos.

  • The etiquette expert doesn't want to be mistaken for a Tory stick-in-the-mud--she's all-American, she's egalitarian, she's up-to-date--but she's become a self-important, name-dropping crusader in the civility wars herself.

  • Dissenting, the Wall Street Journal 's Donald Lyons complains that Leguizamo's rants about Latino stereotypes make him "a self-important bore."


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