How to Use selfish in a Sentence

selfish

adjective
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  • I wish he'd spend less time with his friends and more time with me. Am I being selfish?
  • She's interested only in her own selfish concerns.
  • For me, part of it was selfish because four-man is the coolest event.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Since Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, there can be a selfish streak that runs through our veins this time of the year.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Give yourself the time and be selfish with your beauty.
    — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Olsen: And now the characters on the show, they are seen as greedy, selfish, cruel.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This is all just rhetoric to convince ourselves to be selfish.
    — Josh Kun, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The song takes on high taxes, abuse of welfare and selfish politicians.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Rest assured that this is the best time in decades for employees to be selfish about their needs.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The person who doesn't share his passion is very selfish.
    — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The coach sometimes had to remind his star player to be more selfish and look for his shot.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The Pope's suggestion that failing to have children is selfish is far from the truth.
    — Alistair Currie, CNN, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Your selfish actions could cause the passenger to be carried out of the plane on a stretcher.
    — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • There has never been a time in the world where Black women have been given the space to be seen as either selfish or weak.
    — Denayja Reese, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022
  • That's why sometimes to be selfish was important to me.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • Jen Yu is young, brave or reckless, free-minded and selfish.
    — Alex Biese, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In some ways that's less selfish and less self regarding.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Three things can help people avoid the too-nice trap without being selfish.
    — Constance Dierickx, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Who are funny and caring and flawed and sometimes selfish, but still worthy of love.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that many people are, well, a bit selfish.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 20 Oct. 2022
  • What a selfish, dishonest question, one asked as if the answer weren’t staring us straight in the face.
    — Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The junior forward alters the perceptions about the selfish striker at the top of the formation.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There’s nothing wrong with applying my rules in a selfish way.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • What could be more selfish, more gratifying, than the sensation of the right dress against your skin?
    — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2022
  • He’s selfish, pessimistic and wants nothing to do with either side of the brewing conflict.
    — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2022
  • There is something a bit selfish about this decision to make a sequel.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 July 2023
  • Second does this mean people who choose to become priests are selfish?
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Are my actions selfish and self-serving, trying to share in their life though I am not wanted?
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • His attitude toward his wife’s efforts was selfish, to say the least.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Bale, who turns 33 in July, is out of a contract at Real Madrid and is coming for more selfish reasons.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022

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