How do you use Smugness in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like complacency, plus the exact meaning.
Smugness in a sentence
Smugness meaning
- The state or quality of being smug.
- The result or product of being smug.
Synonyms of Smugness
Using Smugness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being smug. | The result or product of being smug.
- Useful related words include: complacency, complacence, self-complacency, self-satisfaction.
- In the example corpus, smugness often appears in combinations such as: smugness and, with smugness, its smugness.
Context around Smugness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smugness
- In this selection, "smugness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sickening, satisfied, wildness and implies stand out and add context to how "smugness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sickening smugness on capitol and at the smugness of religious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smugness" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smugness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The latter is also the most grating due to its smugness. (11 words)
Therefore, it should not be considered as a day of wildness, smugness and narcissism. (14 words)
Generally with a smugness often grounded in real apprehension of their talents that poisons their judgment. (16 words)
More than a music book, it has become an instant classic of cultural history, with pertinent things to say about the kind of country we live in. It may have reawakened the old smugness in non-Queenslanders, but this would be misplaced. (42 words)
In a video that went viral over the weekend in the wake of UPenn President Liz Magill resigning for her position after her disastrous Congressional testimony, Dr. Phil said that university leaders exhibited a “sickening smugness” on Capitol Hill. (39 words)
The speech was delivered with a smugness that most of the labor people must have heard as confirmation of their worst fears about the true nature of environmentalists in suits. (30 words)
Example sentences (12)
In a video that went viral over the weekend in the wake of UPenn President Liz Magill resigning for her position after her disastrous Congressional testimony, Dr. Phil said that university leaders exhibited a “sickening smugness” on Capitol Hill.
A rare moment of tranquility for Rita, whose self-satisfied smugness implies she’s having a pretty good day, for once.
Generally with a smugness often grounded in real apprehension of their talents that poisons their judgment.
He added, “This could all be misinterpreted as smugness, but I don’t intend it that way.
No sprawl or traffic congestion, housing is practically free and there’s not a hint of smugness.
The latter is also the most grating due to its smugness.
Therefore, it should not be considered as a day of wildness, smugness and narcissism.
Despite quite often voting for it, I have never much liked the Conservative party, what with its smugness and inertia.
More than a music book, it has become an instant classic of cultural history, with pertinent things to say about the kind of country we live in. It may have reawakened the old smugness in non-Queenslanders, but this would be misplaced.
The smugness and pomposity got worse: “A lot of people said that was a great presidential moment, which was, you know, rather shocking to hear,” Trump claimed.
The speech was delivered with a smugness that most of the labor people must have heard as confirmation of their worst fears about the true nature of environmentalists in suits.
As a student she became annoyed at the "smugness of religious people" and worshipped less often.
Common combinations with smugness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: