How to Use selfish in a Sentence

selfish

adjective
  • 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.
  • His coach pleads with him to be more selfish, to take more shots.
    — Phil Anastasia, Philly.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • For me, part of it was selfish because four-man is the coolest event.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 2 Feb. 2022
  • There is enough food to go around, but please do not be selfish.
    — Greg Bishop, Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Rose was so selfish to push Jack off the floating door.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
  • And putting yourself and your health first is not at all selfish.
    — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Maybe that was a selfish assumption in the first place.
    — Vogue, 8 Apr. 2024
  • That’s what love is Love is not selfish and self-centered.
    — Samantha Cooney, Time, 19 May 2018
  • What's selfish is not taking care of me and being in a bad mood all day.
    — NBC News, 1 May 2018
  • So make the right decision on each shot and don’t be selfish.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
  • So not being a part of it, just from a selfish standpoint, is hard.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2024
  • Olsen: And now the characters on the show, they are seen as greedy, selfish, cruel.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To be given so much and not help others is selfish and wrong.
    — Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • To protect us against the selfish, the time for talking has ended.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Although, that's where the selfish desire for more crept in.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The important thing is to put your own needs first, even at the risk of seeming selfish.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The former turns the employee or the owner into an agent of the state, at least in the mind of selfish fools.
    — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • To come back for some wins and miss my kids' events and with the amount of time my wife sacrifices would be selfish.
    — Eric Hickey, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Yes, that is selfish on my part, but anyone who has ever been on the wrong end in court gets it.
    — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Your friends had a choice, to fulfill their duties as gracious hosts, or be selfish and go to the game.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • In 2016, Kate Winslet hopped on the door debate and agreed that Rose was a selfish rich girl who wanted the door to herself.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 13 Dec. 2017
  • My sister didn’t want to hear that, and accused me of being selfish and lazy, and of leaving all the work to her.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In other words, June’s refusal to leave was selfish in more ways than one.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 July 2018
  • He isn’t allowed to become the play’s villain despite his selfish plan to sell the estate out from under his family.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025

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