How to Use narcissistic in a Sentence

narcissistic

adjective
  • Would this come across as narcissistic?
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The most fun scene to play was the scene that, to me, is sort of the nadir of my narcissistic descent.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
  • But they're all ruled by hate, self-loathing, narcissistic, mangled lives.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 June 2025
  • Your job isn’t to be held hostage by narcissistic top performers.
    — Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • The stakes aren’t as high in a friendship with a narcissistic, but the same guidelines apply.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • His new wife is demanding and self-centered, with clear narcissistic traits.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • With a narcissistic person, there is no repair.
    — Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • To be fair, the fear of being singled out of billions of users may be more narcissistic than rational.
    — Theo Miller, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Our study shows that narcissistic children often emerge as leaders in their classrooms.
    — Eddie Brummelman, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The film is about how artists can be quite narcissistic and focused on work to the detriment of their relationships.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
  • What if things had become so selfish and narcissistic in America that even the mob couldn’t take it?
    — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Some people look at it, at it as this means of sort of, narcissistic ego gratification.
    — Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Brown also slammed Rousey as a narcissistic person.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The purpose of art is to command your deep attention — not in a narcissistic way but in a self-reflective one.
    — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Kevin Kline plays Richard Bean, a narcissistic stage actor.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Castro is portrayed as a narcissistic overlord who cares for nothing but power.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 July 2023
  • Here are three prominent roles children of narcissistic parents might end up playing.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Such braggadocio is just more evidence of a narcissistic ego.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
  • While some narcissistic cops may think having the whole department to themselves is a license to run wild, Lou is sick of it.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Helm is nothing if not solipsistic, narcissistic even.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • My husband is a child of divorce and has a mother with a long history of narcissistic behaviors.
    — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In the teaser, David says that every single person is a narcissistic psychopath on this show.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This combined with pride and narcissistic ambition makes for a potent cocktail.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The most narcissistic politician of our lifetimes was never going to just walk away gracefully.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Cursed to always be the back-up singer, Dixie is narcissistic, ruthless and driven by revenge.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And most times these ways are narcissistic, self-involved, and actually detrimental to the wider cause.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 June 2021
  • Are these people making narcissistic use of the lost twin, or do their bodies really remember and mourn?
    — Jean Garnett, The New Yorker, 10 July 2023
  • Has this guy really never met anyone who wasn’t a narcissistic Speedo model?
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
  • The thing about vanity projects this narcissistic is at the very least, even in calamity, they’re supposed to be interesting.
    — Charles Bramesco, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
  • Your narcissistic side is really lapping it up, but also the humble side, or the fake humble side, is like, ‘Oh no.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025

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