Wondering how to use Selfish in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning.
Selfish in a sentence
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Selfish meaning
- Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
- Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
- Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters.
Synonyms of Selfish
Example sentences (20)
Disagree with someone on the left and he is more likely to think you selfish, a sell-out, insensitive, possibly evil.
It's too bad, to me, that they don't do something more productive for humanity than waste it on selfish aggrandizement.
She couldn’t protect herself as a child and instead has leaned into her survivalist instincts and selfish ways.
The registrar was removed unjustly, because of the selfish need to install one Fatima Abbas Jega as Registrar.
At the same time, Holly was acting like a selfish brat considering everything she’s put Nicole through lately.
And he wanted to have fun and love his mom but her selfish and thirst for power was more important than her love for him.
She is funny, somber, silly, conniving, shockingly selfish and shiningly pure, sometimes all in the space of an afternoon.
Mr Logan said: “The vandalism to Breightmet United Football Club's pitches is a selfish and despicable act.
Anti-heroes do not fight because it is the right thing to do, rather they fight for their own selfish gain.
So long as we continue to be a nation of undisciplined, bratty and selfish toddlers in the bodies of adults, we are at risk.
Never selfish, Cartel made it a point to teach young people how to run a business and be self-sufficient.
Yet Nigerian politicians kept cheering on Emiefele because he served their selfish interests and kept them liquid throughout.
Barou's ultimate weakness on the field ends up being his overly selfish play style that relies too heavily on his own talents.
I want to tell the people of Bihar that the selfish alliance will once again take Bihar to ‘Jungle Raj’.
A narcissist is seen as so excessively self-involved, selfish, focused on the self, in a way that can make a person dangerous.
And in that moment we see her selfish unhappiness, and sadly, her disregard for the more careful Sonya.
The only possible impact of West’s “vain, selfish candidacy is to take some votes away” from Joe Biden.
Frankly, given the state of things, I think it's irresponsible and kinda selfish to have kids anymore.
Rocket is selfish and underhanded, which probably wasn't a problem when he only had Groot for company.
Yuki believes himself to be selfish, so he tries to fake his personality as someone kind and innocent.
Common combinations with selfish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- selfish and 23×
- and selfish 16×
- the selfish 12×
- their selfish 11×
- is selfish 10×
- for selfish 8×
- of selfish 7×
- as selfish 7×
- selfish reasons 7×
- be selfish 6×
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