How to Use self-congratulation in a Sentence

self-congratulation

noun
  • But Putin will not be persuaded by bluster and self-congratulation alone.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That is why this moment demands smarter policy choices, not self-congratulation.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a note of self-congratulation running through this work too — tricky to pinpoint because it comes swathed in both twee humility and real suffering.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Rutte told attendees that the move wasn’t a moment for self-congratulations as Russia continues its large-scale drone and missile attacks on Ukraine.
    — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But Carey also took the UBS Arena stage in New York for more than self-congratulations.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Played with aplomb by newcomer Kevin de Paula, the striker’s nifty footwork, rooted in the tradition of ginga, speaks louder than any self-congratulations.
    — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Nevertheless, the self-aggrandizing and self-congratulations on display in the first three episodes available for review implies humility may be in short supply.
    — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • Today, the self-congratulation of white liberals has been displaced by white-supremacist promoters of Western civilization who don’t merely posit but brutally enforce inequality between races, peoples, cultures, and nation-states.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Spun off from Yang and Rogers’ podcast, Las Culturistas, the Culture Awards lovingly spoof the entertainment industry’s obsession with prizes and self-congratulation.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Being vocally left-leaning thus provides social status benefits and forms of self-congratulation that being conservative doesn't (if anything, in terms of the broader culture and the opinion-formulating institutions, conservatism tends to be rather lonely and something of a social liability).
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'self-congratulation.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: