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Example sentences for: self-pity

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But, because it serves their particular generational self-pity, Gen-Xers seem more willing than older folks to grasp the essential truth about Social Security, which is that it is a Ponzi scheme.
Since losing the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the Serbs have been "seasoned haters raised on self-pity."
and filled with "self-pity" and afflicted with a "thin skin" (Kate O'Beirne).
Perhaps I'm the only one out here who thinks Generation-X bashing has lost its sheen of originality, but that's just what Kinsley indulges in with his reference to the "particular generational self-pity" of Gen-Xers.
Hell, if my ire at forced participation in the Social Security program is self-pity, then sign me up--particularly if that might somehow allow me to get out.