Example sentences for: self-righteousness

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

  • My complaints about the lack of social justice in this case are simply dismissed by Krugman as lofty self-righteousness.

  • The Street Lawyer avoids the kind of self-righteousness that usually accompanies homeless activism.

  • She also says 1) Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr was just doing his job; 2) she felt maternal sympathy for Lewinsky; and 3) the grand jurors were suspicious of Linda Tripp and annoyed by her "self-righteousness."

  • A story probes the psychology of Switzerland: The Swiss are finally facing the truth about their World War II misdeeds, and their icy self-righteousness is slowly melting.

  • The broad brush paints a picture of self-righteousness, whoever wields it.


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