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Example sentences for: self-righteous

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After his 1996 debacle, Forbes swapped his libertarian-tinged, purely economic conservatism for its opposite--a preachy, self-righteous social conservatism.
He is never self-righteous or showy about this.
It's easy for parents to feel self-righteous when doctors ask questions as if they're cops, but as advanced as medicine has become, questions are still our main diagnostic test for abuse.
And the magazine visits actress/activist Vanessa Redgrave, who is more self-righteous and obsessive than ever about her causes.
You don't find it remotely enlightening to share relentless intimacy with someone so angry, self-righteous and strange--and so proud of being candid" ( USA Today ). Most critics call the collection "funny, warm and sagacious" (Regina Marler, the Los Angeles Times ), but there are a few who condemn it as self-absorbed.