How to Use self-centered in a Sentence

self-centered

adjective
  • Jay is a little more self-centered.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Travel ball is very self-centered.
    — Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Most of them are self-centered, thinking only of themselves.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, Dawson was whiny and moody and extremely self-centered, but so are a lot of teenagers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • That’s a big step forward for the character who’s sometimes been a little self-centered in the past.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Our hero can be remarkably obnoxious and self-centered.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His new wife is demanding and self-centered, with clear narcissistic traits.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • Here are some tips for making self-promotion feel less awkward and self-centered, and more authentic.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And Chapman booked the role of his wife, Stacy’s younger and most self-centered daughter Paige.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Your son appears to be self-centered and emotionally distanced from you and the family.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Your son appears to be self-centered and emotionally distanced from you and the family.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Investing time and effort into connecting with your inner sea might seem self-centered.
    — Jessica Dulong, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • People are becoming more self-centered, and as a result, excluding the other, otherness.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Colletti played Chase Adams, a charming, yet self-centered, aspiring actor.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • People who lack empathy are also very self-centered and a relationship with one can be exhausting and suffocating.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Between the ages of 6 and 9, children begin shifting from being self-centered to noticing the emotions and perspectives of others.
    — Ekaterina Muravevskaia, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Though seemingly self-centered and superficial, Shug is ultimately the one to help Celie come out of her shell and realize her own self-worth.
    — Diedre Johnson, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Everyone, after all, interprets things differently; everyone is a little bit self-centered.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The First Doctor, played by William Hartnell, is initially self-centered but evolves into a more compassionate character over time.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Robbie is a complicated man, at once incredibly compassionate and deeply self-centered, philosophical and brooding but also impulsive and hot-tempered.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • After making a career for himself as a child actor, Hoult took on more serious, mature roles, such as the role of Tony Stonem, a manipulative and self-centered antihero, in Skins.
    — Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Client Video Testimonials Testimonials are a powerful way to promote yourself without seeming self-centered.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
    — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025

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