Selfishness

//ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs//

"Selfishness" in a Sentence (12 examples)

I'm annoyed at your selfishness.

Your selfishness will lose you your friends.

In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.

It is because of his selfishness that no one wants to associate with him.

I'm annoyed at his selfishness.

His selfishness was such that nobody liked him.

Nothing vexed her more than his selfishness.

Selfishness is an essential part of his character.

His selfishness got in the way of his promotion.

He can't endure my selfishness any more.

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This common faith or set of aspirations, he added, could also help Americans transcend their selfishnesses and follies and promote a world civil religion given to justice and hope.

And he knows that Patrick can afford to complain about his mother’s minor selfishness but he cannot afford to engage with the idea of his own father at all.

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