How to Use arrogance in a Sentence

arrogance

noun
  • We were shocked by the arrogance of his comments.
  • Her arrogance has earned her a lot of enemies.
  • Her voice is strong but it is buoyed by resolve, not arrogance.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • All arrogance aside, even Gators fans know that’s a tough sell.
    — Chris Hays, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • These traits do not always show up as arrogance.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In our house, there was great disdain for wealth and arrogance.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
  • And scripture’s full of kings brought low by their own arrogance.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a lot of this weird arrogance with the homesteading stuff these days.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2017
  • There’s a certain kind of arrogance that doesn’t yell or pound its chest.
    — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • His few words can come across as arrogance for those who aren’t around him every day.
    — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • But this place has a way of humbling those who approach it with such arrogance.
    — Paul Newberry, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
  • That’s the kind of arrogance that can hurt Dallas at some point.
    — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
  • This was the arrogance of it… my notes were grammar and diction.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • His students still have time to age out of such arrogance, the film implies.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But that was almost 40 years ago and arrogance seems to be back.
    — David Morse, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
  • There is little, if any, sense of arrogance from either of them.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2021
  • This is a City team that has found its groove and regained an air of arrogance again.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • This false arrogance drives so much elite failure over the last 40 years.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Been there and stared at faces of arrogance and, yes, privilege.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Using him comes across as arrogance.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Think about the arrogance behind that.
    — Jovani Patterson, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026
  • All this on top of the serious and reckless arrogance that could have harmed your dog.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Talk to him and point out how his arrogance will only hurt himself and others in the long run.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 24 July 2022
  • To create burdens where Christ did not is an act of arrogance.
    — David French, National Review, 29 July 2019
  • The two words that come to mind to describe the present are ignorance and arrogance.
    — Jason O. Watson, National Geographic, 2 July 2017
  • The arrogance of Grant’s response played a role in the tone of the debate.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021
  • The worlds of science and public health can no longer afford this arrogance.
    — Muhammad Ali Pate and Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 9 May 2022
  • Zeffirelli has both the arrogance and charm of youth, and persuades an army of young people to join him.
    — Douglas Greenwoo, Vogue, 13 July 2021
  • That’s the arrogance of people.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This is not about vanity or arrogance.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025

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