| 单词 | self-satisfied |
| 例句 | When we caught up with him he was standing with his feet planted in wet sand, looking back at us with a self-satisfied 1-told-you-so grin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z These people look bored, amused, impatient, self-satisfied—but most of all, they look rich. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “So,” said Esther’s mother, a self-satisfied look on her face, “we may be zugangi, but we already know how to organize.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “For going around twice,” Colonel Korn answered with a reflective, self-satisfied smile. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The brawny one, the one with the self-satisfied, scornful demeanor, was the leader. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Other times he was that red Devil who lurks on the Underwood ham cans, self-satisfied and corrupt in his bow tie, mustache, and arrow-point tail. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was even too lazy and self-satisfied to go anywhere, except to preaching over at Hebron or to Cold Sassy to sell his cotton. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He flicked the ash off his cigarette and gave himself a self-satisfied look in the rear-view mirror. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He is mediocre to the last degree, though as obnoxious and self-satisfied as was his father before him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Everyone who lived here said those things: provincial, self-satisfied, boring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “We were great last night,” Cha-Cha said with a self-satisfied sigh to no one in particular. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He stirred his cup slowly, and then stood there drinking it in a very self-satisfied way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He bounced up and down a little, smiling in a self-satisfied way, and pointed at the many glittering photograph frames on the dresser, each peopled with tiny moving occupants. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I think we have them,” he said with a self-satisfied air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months earlier, on the first day of sixth grade, Carol Horning came into class wearing a slight but unmistakably self-satisfied smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While at first he had seemed a little wary, he had lapsed back into a self-satisfied smirk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ann crosses her arms over her chest and gives me a self-satisfied look. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The same wind I’ve always felt my entire life—the Call of the Void—but now it surges not just before me but all around me with self-satisfied omnipotence. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They strutted around the neighborhood in groups, joking, laughing loudly, sometimes even calling after girls, with identical stupid, self-satisfied grins on their faces. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With an immensely self-satisfied and condescending expression, Martina walked on, saying over her shoulder, “Hurry on in, boys. I’m off to another duty. You’ll notice I don’t have to wear a blindfold, either.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Powell smiled in an oily self-satisfied manner and smoothed his mustache, “O.K., Mike, turn off that adrenalin tap you’ve got draining into your bloodstream. I was worried, too, but no more.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But this epiphany occurred only after the intervention of time and misfortune, when my father’s self-satisfied existence had begun to crumble beneath him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain, however, has been watching, and when the parrot flaps off very self-satisfied, he confiscates my pencil and pad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There’s already been a deluge of new storylines on a variety of television shows — some undoubtedly carrying a whiff of “very special episode” self-satisfied gravity. The cathartic laughs of "Bombshell": Why dark comedy speaks to us in the #MeToo era 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z In the face of that, “The Age of Earthquakes” seems too facile, too self-satisfied. 'The Age of Earthquakes' looks back instead of forward 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z She masterfully chronicles the forces that dragged the planet into World War I, from the self-satisfied English aristocracy to the poor throughout Europe yearning for revolution. Critics' Picks: 'The Proud Tower,' 'Big Beautiful Dark and Scary' ? and moms 2012-05-09T22:00:06Z Los Angeles Times’s Justin Chang criticised it as being “terminally self-satisfied” while The AV Club’s AA Dowd called it “the most twee Holocaust movie ever”. Hitler comedy Jojo Rabbit primed for Oscars after winning top Toronto award 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z “Now,” he says with a sly, self-satisfied smile, I’ll play it “16 beats to the bar.” ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: A Sympathetic Tale of Marriage and Celebrity 2013-05-21T14:47:41Z Last week the critic Gabriel Josipovici dismissed the "big names" of the postwar British literary tradition as "limited, smart alecky, arrogant, and self-satisfied", but I dispute that. Is the Booker a barometer of the best literature? 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z Arriving smack dab in the middle of Black History Month — our shortest month, naturally — “Braggsville” lashes self-satisfied liberals in the academy and self-deluded Confederates in the attic. The most unsettling, must-read novel this year: ‘Welcome to Braggsville’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Pompous, vain, self-satisfied, humourless, he speaks as if from a mountaintop, and refuses to compromise with real life, even in a time of war. Westwood by Stella Gibbons 2011-07-29T21:53:01Z The danger is that this sort of anti-shallowness move ends up seeming a bit adolescent or self-satisfied. Tom Ewing 2011-03-24T22:30:00Z “Do you ever worry about writing the madwoman-in-the-attic story?” asks a self-satisfied, female “poet-composer” in “The Resident,” a story set at a writing residency. Carmen Maria Machado's 'Her Body and Other Parties' reclaims the female body in subversive, joyful ways 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “Chosen” explains how Spero’s prosperous, self-satisfied Greek father and acquiescent mother adopted baby after baby until they had a racially mixed family of four. George Pelecanos Explores New Terrain in ‘The Martini Shot’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z But easy stories aren't always the best, and stories created for the comfort of a non-disabled audience usually have the self-satisfied ring of inspiration, like "CODA" does. "The Simpsons" joins Hollywood in highlighting deaf characters – but it still feels like pandering 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z It was humor for a self-satisfied postwar society. Mort Sahl, Whose Biting Commentary Redefined Stand-Up, Dies at 94 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He rebuked the rich and the self-satisfied pharisees for their investments in worldly gratifications. Art Review: Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden 2011-06-02T21:57:17Z Still, often magic is not enough, and in recent years a trip to the Swiss lakeside town has been seen as a jolly for self-satisfied Euro cineastes. Locarno film festival welcomes Goodbye First Love 2011-08-05T13:05:09Z The ABC commissioned 27 episodes on the strength of Denton’s reputation but viewers didn’t warm to the format, which many found smug and self-satisfied. Andrew Denton: his final farewell? 2013-06-26T04:16:27Z Smash was probably never going to be the show for me: the characters were too stock, it was too earnest and self-satisfied in its celebration of the stage, and it did way too much telling-not-showing. Smash Gets an Encore. Its Creator Doesn?t. Can the Show Change Its Tune? 2012-03-23T13:47:28Z When he sings, “Kiss me baby — mmm, feels good!,” it’s pure self-satisfied bravado. Jerry Lee Lewis: Listen to 10 Songs From a Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneer 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z While I am abashed at this honour, Kevin himself is smugly self-satisfied. We Need To Talk About Kevin is UK's favourite Orange prize winner ? ever 2010-06-09T08:21:00Z "It defines how unspeakably bad British films can be... smug, self-satisfied and deeply convinced of its own coolness, yet in fact completely clueless..." The Guide's 1,000th issue - 1994-1999 2013-01-05T00:02:00Z Her answer came when a man she approached, the very image of a well-groomed, self-satisfied banker, scrawled "I'm desperate", and held it up for the camera. Gillian Wearing: A nose for the truth 2011-08-29T20:30:01Z Anna Nicole's narcissism matched the glutted, self-satisfied mood of America in the 1990s. Anna Nicole: the opera 2011-01-02T00:04:04Z Or is he working comfortably within the self-satisfied paradigm of misogyny? Review: ‘Degas’ Little Dancer,’ at National Gallery Now in music I feel fulfilled, hopefully not self-satisfied, by what I’m doing. David Bowie on His Favorite Artists 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z His retelling of “Emma” is a beguiling tale about a bossy and self-satisfied heroine troubled by her hypochondriac father, sure of her own social position and determined to play matchmaker. A modern retelling of ‘Emma,’ by Alexander McCall Smith 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It runs the risk of seeming self-satisfied and even elitist. How The Good Fight became TV's most political drama 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z It may be that “Your Highness,” a self-conscious, sometimes overly self-satisfied goof about ye olde high times, may be better enjoyed in an herb-enhanced condition. | 'Your Highness': They Huffed and Puffed and Waited to Exhale 2011-04-07T22:55:33Z Dismissing her mother’s withering remark, Colette continues with a certain self-satisfied musing instead. Colette’s Burgundy 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “It’s composed of a self-satisfied people at the top, our new aristocrats.” Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own Kind of Trump 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z “No one could imagine that Freeman, tame, smug and self-satisfied, would ever rock the boat; much less suspect that he planned to sink it,” Greenlee writes. These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The bright yellow bottle is sunny and happy and solid, flanked by equally plump and self-satisfied fruit. Judith Linhares paints the joys of life, on her own terms 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z She's rich, self-satisfied, conventional, and in love with money, not him. Valentine's Day: let's hear it for Hollywood's odd couples 2013-02-14T08:01:01Z In “Only the Animals,” by contrast, the multiple viewpoints are just a clever, self-satisfied device to deliver stale goods and familiar ugliness with a soupçon of glib class politics. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z He is also used to contrast the stereotype of effeminate Europeans, drinking an espresso from a thimble-sized cup and six-week vacations, to the overly serious and self-satisfied all-American of Sam the Eagle. Evil frog spawns international mayhem in 'Muppets Most Wanted' 2014-03-18T19:03:28Z Manhattan and Brooklyn have always had an uncomfortable rivalry: Brooklyn with its self-satisfied 20-somethings and literary types; and Manhattan with its smug professionals and establishment class. When the Power Came Back, So Did the Crowds 2012-11-07T22:37:20Z Signs around the store promise “It’s All Good”: unambitious, self-satisfied, unimpeachable; swipe left if something causes discomfort. 365: A Whole Foods Spinoff for the Millennial Mind-Set 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Antony the soldier having been bested in battle by Caesar, it is now the turn of Cleopatra the seductress to be spurned by the self-satisfied Roman. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z But overall the show is flat, draggy — the 10 episodes run from 37 minutes to a ruinous 55 — and self-satisfied. Beyond ‘Black Mirror’: 7 Shows That Serve Bite-Size Scares 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z My mind travels back to those self-satisfied film obsessives marveling at male genius, and how they would have praised both Tarantino for his commitment to artistic realism and Thurman for gamely playing along. Twenty years after "Kill Bill" came out, The Bride's bloody rampage cuts differently 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Bridget mostly lives in a state of self-satisfied self-actualization—an updated, improved female ideal that the movie views, dubiously, as satire-proof. Bridget Jones Abandons Irony 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z We’re meant to believe he’s a charismatic molder of minds, but he just comes off as a self-satisfied douche, a messianic professor as imagined by someone who must have really hated college. The Following: Bloody Awful 2013-01-22T14:05:43Z No arch commentary can puncture this self-satisfied bubble. I have had enough of irony 2012-05-30T19:00:04Z Shiny, busy and self-satisfied to a fault, this chapter follows the comic-book movie template, now with 20 percent more gore. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z It devolves into self-satisfied, fish-in-barrel commentary about topics like Twitter and the tabloid press. Ian McEwan’s Political Satire ‘The Cockroach’ Offers a Reversal of Kafka 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Galliano - who always ended his runway shows with a puff-chested lap down the runway, looking as proud and self-satisfied as a rooster - looked defeated at Wednesday's proceedings, his face drawn and deflated. Galliano trial underlines fashion sector pressures 2011-06-23T10:34:09Z Typical of the self-satisfied attitude of the privileged, stodgy WASPs that Gurney often dissects is the school's lackluster slogan, "No boy leaves here unimproved." Review: Revival of Gurney's 'Old Boy' well-staged 2013-03-06T21:59:08Z It may be a little too plush and self-satisfied, but Joseph L Mankiewicz’s golden-age Hollywood version of the tragedy some Americans regard as their own has stood the test of time. The best Shakespeare films – ranked! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Now I just see a rich, thin, tanned, self-satisfied millionaire dressing up. Lena Dunham lashes out against porn 2013-05-28T14:16:33Z True crime fandom often suffers from an unpleasantly smug, self-satisfied sense of its own cleverness. HBO's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" is a haunting tribute to Michelle McNamara and meditation on grief 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z And Ryan, grasping his future wife’s hand, declared them all maybe just a bit too self-satisfied about their own good fortune, too oblivious to the troubles of others. Gloria: a short story by Alice McDermott "Because we haven't made millions, we avoided becoming self-satisfied," Black reckons. Label of love: Ninja Tune 2010-09-22T11:16:00Z For as sharp as her performance is, it’s also somewhat hampered by a script that is a bit too self-satisfied, and it pigeonholed the actor for a while. Ellen Page: five best moments 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Nor can we conveniently label the working class as an ignorant expression of right-wing populism — a notion that only self-satisfied elites should be comfortable with. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Playing a self-satisfied conservative pundit who seems loosely based on Bill O’Reilly, Colbert is the sharpest, most overtly political popular comedian working today. Will Colbert’s truthiness survive the ‘Late Show’ switch? 2014-04-11T21:42:53Z Later he was firing a toy machine gun, wearing a maniacal smile, then removing his gloves with a self-satisfied smirk. Concert review: Roger Waters, 'The Wall' at Wrigley Field 2012-06-09T06:30:00Z I am concerned about the bizarre, self-satisfied censorship that seeks to make a subsititute for reality. The Race to Erase Kevin Spacey 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z His characters included self-satisfied corporate executives, crusty academics, imperious dowagers and bewildered teenagers on the cusp of adulthood. A.R. Gurney, Playwright Who Explored Upper-Crust Anxieties, Dies at 86 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z She is the obedient daughter of immigrants, the dutiful girlfriend to a self-satisfied liberal white man, and an amenable employee at a soul-crushing corporate bank in London. A Black Woman in Finance Regains Her Agency 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Ansel Adams, with his grand views of the mythic American West, was a “slick, self-satisfied” Californian whose photographs were merely of “sticks and rocks.” Berenice Abbott: She Was a Camera 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The first shows how shortsighted and self-satisfied humankind tends to be about its technology. Even in the 21st century, H.G. Wells still speaks to our fears and dreams 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z “Antigone” features experienced artists — like François Clavier, who makes a toweringly self-satisfied Creon — as well as a chorus of four amateur women who have experienced exile. In Paris, Young Theater Makers Swing Big 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Killam immediately got the self-satisfied grin down, and he got more confident as the show progressed. The 8 Best Impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z But Bond’s humour is self-serving and self-satisfied, the kind beloved by people who belong to private members’ clubs. I've never seen … any James Bond film | Hadley Freeman 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z To this day, when I'm watching James Martin ignore a woman from Casualty as part of the horrifically self-satisfied Saturday Kitchen, I long for the return of SM:TV. Saturday Night Takeaway v The Voice: this ratings 'battle' is no contest 2013-03-21T13:10:51Z "Hop's" opening credits include a succession of portrait paintings of self-satisfied Easter Bunnies from generations past. 'Hop': This Easter Bunny tale lands with a thud 2011-03-31T21:24:46Z There’s a dignified rooster, a downcast lion with an anxious lioness, a greedy monkey, a self-satisfied ewe. Cecily Brown’s Repeated Images Tell a Story About Drawing 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z One might expect a man who has won 5 Academy Awards and 20 Grammys to be a smidgen self-satisfied. Musical Titan Honors His Heroes 2011-08-18T17:15:27Z Like an Instagram peacock affecting an uncontrived display of threads, Cohen needed something to do with his hands, and he completed the look with a wise guy’s self-satisfied cigar. Paul Manafort and the Sartorial Dilemma of the Trump-World Defendant 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z California is a state of mind in Ocean world: numb, deceptively luxurious and self-satisfied, where the denizens live disconnected from one another and the world. Album review: Frank Ocean, 'Channel Orange' 2012-07-13T16:35:00Z I ended up craving some shade alongside the light, a glimpse of what Anderson is like when he stops radiating self-satisfied good humour. Wil Anderson – review 2013-05-29T16:38:13Z While Hathaway and Gyllenhaal have good chemistry, and director Edward Zwick moves the narrative along nicely, the film is too self-satisfied to be genuinely touching. Love & Other Drugs: Anatomy Lessons with Anne Hathaway 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z There’s even a popular term for the wry, self-satisfied expression their characters invariably wear: DreamWorks Face. ‘The Bad Guys’ Review: Smirking All the Way to the Bank 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z That movie’s fulsomely self-satisfied spew of rhetoric feeds exactly the kind of illusions that led to votes for Jill Stein. The 2017 Oscar Nominations Don’t Matter but the Movies Do, More Than Ever 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Back in 2016 and early 2017, Fox News was the self-satisfied home to a great deal of principled thinking about the importance of the American people’s will. Perspective | The tortured logic from right-wing media about replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z This irritating mix of fussy, casual, and condescending reminded me of the self-satisfied tone of “Under the Tuscan Sun.” Under the Crushing Weight of the Tuscan Sun 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It's delivered, meanwhile, with a self-satisfied swagger that sometimes grates. Andrew Maxwell ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:43Z Evans was full of mischief and eager to challenge the self-satisfied Faber status quo. The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z A dribbling tear tells you much about “Dragged Across Concrete,” a self-satisfied slow burn of a movie. ‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Review: The Evil That Men Do (Repeatedly) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Every so often he bursts into song, easing the noose of his unrelenting and smugly clever monologues, invariably declaimed in plummy, self-satisfied tones. | 'The Living Wake': Life, Death and Other Subjects 2010-05-13T23:32:00Z But worries about his health vanished on Friday as Mr. Muti, looking calm, fit and rather self-satisfied, conducted an emphatic and insightful account of this challenging Verdi , drawing incisive and beautiful playing from the orchestra. Music Review: Verdi, Nuanced and Empowered 2011-04-17T22:57:15Z The Vulture becomes a narrative counterweight to Tony Stark’s self-satisfied billionaire. Review: Spider-Man (Again) and All That Sticky Kid Stuff 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z "What they lacked was rhythmic ingenuity, dynamic sophistication and architectural awareness," he said, adding up to a pervasive "self-satisfied smugness of sound". Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy 2011-08-13T21:56:11Z I don’t know why it’s so infuriating, but there’s something very self-satisfied about it and it gets to me. My husband’s boasts are worse since Brexit – and I can’t stand it | Dear Mariella 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Please be advised that the award ceremonies that follow are liable to be garish and vapid, shamelessly self-satisfied and arguably reductive in rubber-stamping the credentials of major Hollywood movies at the expense of everything else. Oscars 2013: which films will prevail? 2013-01-08T11:54:30Z Overall, he said, while the likes of Kafka were plagued by self-doubt, his modern peers seemed arrogant and self-satisfied, "which is mildly depressing". Feted British authors are limited, arrogant and self-satisfied, says leading academic 2010-07-28T17:25:00Z The film's biggest stumbling block is its self-satisfied, dismissive attitude toward anyone outside its main circle, in particular women, who are depicted almost exclusively as nags, scolds, schemers or ornamentation. In 'Entourage,' everyone is still livin' the dream 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z He asked this in the early '70s, at a moment in pop music when a self-satisfied insistence on authenticity had settled into rock. 'David Bowie Is': How do you fit a rocker into an art museum? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Adam Zagajewski, in his essay “The Shabby and Sublime,” says that the poetry of recent years is “marked by a disproportion … between powerful expressions of the inner life and the ceaseless chatter of self-satisfied craftsmen.” When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z Ballard becomes slightly less amiable company as he grows happier and more successful—success licenses him to be crustier and more judgmental and self-satisfied, to name-drop and settle a literary score here and there. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z She radiates steely, self-satisfied graciousness — except when she reveals a subversive streak. Review | A first lady and a diva show their vulnerability in two productions 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z But even now, he’s not self-satisfied enough to party — not this time. Burna Boy Faces Success and Second Thoughts on ‘Love, Damini’ 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z His film has something to say in Ireland in 2011, reeling from the Celtic Tiger comedown and badly let down by the same self-satisfied sort of politician whose back-slapping smugness was exposed in Rocky Road. Farewell to Peter Lennon, whose only film was worth a dozen by a lesser man 2011-03-21T14:17:57Z It’s ostensibly the story of the lifesaving properties of her high-elevation ranch in Colorado, although there’s not much to cultivate up there in the long winters except, apparently, self-delusion and acres of self-satisfied contradictions. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Thank you, Mr Winner sir, for filling your self-satisfied face at my humble table, sir. Sport Relief 2010 | Dom Joly and the Black Island | Comedy Exchange | South Park and more | Watch this 2010-03-19T06:45:00Z I was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “bazinga,” Sheldon’s self-satisfied exclamation whenever he thinks he’s got the better of one of his pals. Riff: I Love ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ And You Should, Too. 2013-05-26T02:11:30Z Meditation meets philosophy meets sound bath meets gaming meets Lululemon yogic retreat in a sprawling, enveloping experience that’s inviting and eye-catching, but too conceptually broad and self-satisfied for its own good. ‘Liminality’ Is Theater of the Mind That Explores the In-Between 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Usually you know exactly what to expect going into the Oscars; long speeches, self-satisfied tributes to the power of cinema, excruciating musical numbers, extended periods of flat-out tedium. Oscars 2021: the dresses, the winners, the weird semi-masked ceremony in a train station – live! 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z As luck would have it, the typist soon realizes she had actually left that boorish, self-satisfied gentleman more than a decade earlier. Theater Review: ‘This Side of Neverland,’ at Pearl Theater 2013-05-13T21:47:10Z All of them look well off and self-satisfied. | '2012: Time for Change': Waiting for Something Big 2010-10-15T01:36:00Z There is an immediacy to the way they treat Grace, their self-satisfied way of including her, like on the Fourth of July, when it's convenient and safe to do so. "Good, honest folks": 20 years later, controversial "Dogville" has become frightening prophecy 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The self-satisfied cultural assumptions of the central quartet of “Non-Fiction,” like their social and sexual roundelay, is vacuum-sealed; the characters don’t walk in a street with any life or a city with any people. “Non-Fiction,” Reviewed: A Vacuum-Sealed View of France’s Culturati 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z The film is awfully pleased with itself; Phoenix’s twisted smile is less the iconic, toothy grin associated with the title character, more a smug, self-satisfied smirk. Joker strives to capture our cultural moment – but it’s smug and banal at heart 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Kutcher’s tendency to cap so many emotional scenes with small, self-satisfied smiles is especially unfortunate because they can’t help but bring to mind his other career as a pitchman for digital cameras. Movie Review: Ashton Kutcher in a Biopic About Steve Jobs 2013-08-15T23:10:13Z But even the most extreme of such acts never feels imposed, summoning images of a director saying, with a self-satisfied smile, “Hey, what if we tried it this way?” | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z It’s present, for instance, in the way the word “bro” has come to describe an enthusiastic, strong, but still merely manly man who belongs only to an informal, self-satisfied, and pleasure-seeking society of dudes. When Men Wanted to Be Virile 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Harvey Specter is his firm’s closer, a man of both charismatic brilliance and woeful empathy who negotiates Wall Street’s shark-infested waters with a self-satisfied smile and great hair. If you're missing Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad, try these instead 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z It’s also decent fun, in the leathery, businesslike, self-satisfied manner of this kind of movie, which soothes the hurt places in the male ego with sentiment strategically disguised as toughness. Review: Hey, Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne. Room for One More? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z In its second season, “House of Cards” is just like its main character: clever, ruthless, a bit too self-satisfied and surprisingly powerful. ‘House of Cards’ Season 2: More delicious ruthlessness 2014-02-11T21:21:09Z Although none seems uncomfortable in her skin, none seems self-confident or self-satisfied. Joan Brown paintings at CB1-G gallery turn ordinary people into poignant stories of intrigue 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z The essay allows an expression of doubt but the Facebook update or conversation has a sort of self-satisfied glibness to it. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z While THC makes you feel high, CBD targets receptors in your body that make you feel self-satisfied and smug. Not-to-Be-Missed Shouts of 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z He and Michael Che trade shots at Trump’s rambling acquittal speech; his confusing Kansas City, Kansas, for Kansas City, Missouri; and his penchant for slurring words – all to the loud, self-satisfied applause of the audience. Saturday Night Live: RuPaul teaches the art of drag but episode can't slay 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z In the original show, this number at least gets a big choral send-off; in the dry, crackly hands of Dame Judi, it becomes a prissy, self-satisfied catechism. ‘Cats’: Did You See the Movie? Let’s Talk 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Jokes, quips and asides land with neat efficiency, always off-the-cuff, never self-satisfied or self-conscious. Plot Twist: Your Big Secret Crush Is Also Your Housemate 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z “Protocol takes precedence over procedure,” he quipped in a typical self-satisfied insight. Irwin Corey, comic who styled himself the World’s Foremost Authority, dies at 102 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The people involved were so self-satisfied and secure in their power that they greeted unethical, perhaps felonious proposals with complete nonchalance. The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Spanning more than 160 years, the story begins in present-day New Orleans and immediately questions the presumptions of our self-satisfied social progress. Review | ‘The Revisioners’ reminds us of slavery’s long reach, through the generations 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Movie allusions and Andrew Garfield’s hard-working star turn as a Los Angeles slacker is about all that holds together this labyrinthine, wildly self-satisfied mystery. The Best and Worst of Cannes, Maybe Coming to a Theater Near You 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Yet this generous forbearance doesn’t seem to extend to liberals — or to use his awkward slur, “liberalocrats” — who get tarred in this book as a bunch of condescending, self-satisfied chumps. If Liberalism Is Dead, What Comes Next? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Sanders, Hollywood’s suavest cad of the 1940s, typically delivered his lines with a silken, self-satisfied purr and was much appreciated by Sirk for his sense of supercilious irony. ‘Lured’ and ‘A Scandal in Paris’: Douglas Sirk’s Costume Capers 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Maria serves as the bland, bureaucratizing face of state power, willfully blind in her “self-contained, self-satisfied little world.” ‘Owlish’ Is a Darkly Fantastical Parable About Totalitarianism 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s subtle but pointed, knowing without being too self-satisfied, and uncomfortable viewing for some. Atlanta: Donald Glover's show is the smartest – and funniest – on TV 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Vegans might well be vociferous and annoying, holier-than-thou, self-satisfied and evangelical. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Scarborough seemed pretty self-satisfied after pointing out the imagined hypocrisy, but I actually find the difference between the events quite significant. If the “C-Word” fits, let’s embrace it: Women don’t need to be sheltered from this one powerful insult 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z But “Night Film” is content to deliver small, self-satisfied rewards. Books Of the Times: ‘Night Film’ Is Marisha Pessl’s New Novel 2013-08-14T20:32:22Z Throughout high school, I read the gospels in church on Sunday, smirking and self-satisfied about the low-key blasphemy I was committing by regaling the congregation with “the word of our Lord.” An atheist’s guide to Scorsese’s “Silence”: You don’t need faith to be astonished by the faithful 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z She punctuates this swift recap of her staggering cultural and financial ascent with self-satisfied hmm-hmm and breezes ahead on her tour, certain we will watch her wherever she goes. Analysis | In 2000, ‘Cribs’ became a phenomenon. 20 years later, we’re all living in an accidental reboot. 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z I got this job because they were looking for someone to portray a self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, glib idiot. Catch me if you can: The Comic Strip reunited 2011-08-28T20:30:01Z "Hey," he said, giving a self-satisfied poke at the pink ribbon on his lapel, "I'm wearing this for you." Amazon's "Modern Love" got my cancer story wrong – and I'm so angry this keeps happening 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z What he invented, in “A Modest Proposal,” was not just that fatuously self-satisfied narrative voice, but the whole idea of a counterfactual work of nonfiction. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z “I send this when I’m excited,” Drescher said, summoning her phone from her assistant Jordan and thumbing to a GIF of Fine twirling across the mansion in a fuchsia dress and a self-satisfied look. Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Bill Maher is a complicated guy: Smart, funny, articulate, and smug as all hell, he veers between being truly engaging and deeply self-satisfied. Bill Maher tangles with Stephen Colbert: The “Late Show” host brings out the best and worst sides of his complicated guest 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Cordelia Fine, in A Mind of Its Own, explains how the brain has a multitude of strategies to keep our egos plump and self-satisfied. Is Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg really the new face of feminism? 2013-03-17T00:05:51Z Legions of self-satisfied rationalists and armchair logicians who pride themselves on their superior intellect were effectively fleeced. I fucking hate science 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Upon much thought, I have come to the self-satisfied conclusion that I actually find confrontation scary and uncomfortable. On being the madwoman in the attic: What "Jane Eyre" taught me about women's anger 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Bavaria was once a calm, self-satisfied region, run by the Bavarian conservative CSU almost without interruption since World War Two. Bavaria election: Toxic campaign heralds big vote for Germany's populists 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “I immediately knew I didn’t want to play him as evil,” said Moayed, whose Torvald seems so placidly self-satisfied, having the wife he calls his “songbird” live by his rules. Jessica Chastain was scared of returning to Broadway. Ibsen cured that. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Her style betrays a self-satisfied exaggeration of her aptitudes. Opinion | For the good of the country, Biden and Harris should bow out of the 2024 election 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Following Cushman’s epistolary structure, “Catherine Called Birdy” unfolds as a series of diary entries, narrated in a self-satisfied tone that grates over time. Review | ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ is a sprightly critique of the patriarchy 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z That's really not the ringing endorsement some smug and self-satisfied Democrats think it is. Joe Biden is finding out that "better than Trump" is not nearly good enough 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Those who would defeat racism need to promote the urgency of solidarity across racial lines without conveying self-satisfied arrogance. Opinion | Why racism is bad for White people 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z It was a setback that, because of Rodgers’s perplexing stance on vaccination, spurred a stream of self-satisfied schadenfreude on social media. Perspective | The vaccine issue is simple. Passing judgment on Aaron Rodgers is complicated. 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z There are the self-satisfied creators who called the crash several months ago and are using that as clout so you’ll “hit plus for more.” TikTok is feeling emotional damage over the market crash 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z He has not become self-satisfied or complacent at Texas, and wants to expand his range. Allen paces No. 8 Texas in 79-45 victory over San Jose State 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Exploiting religion in this self-satisfied way is straight out of the Trump handbook, as is the evidence-free, deeply personal attack. Opinion | Glenn Youngkin and the Trump Hypocrisy Two-Step 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Peaceful and prosperous, soothingly old-fashioned, self-satisfied to the point of delusion and naïve in a likable yet unnerving way: The analogy is apt. Opinion | Farewell, Angela Merkel. You Were Once the ‘Leader of the Free World.’ 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The movie itself seems confused on the matter: It belatedly tries to grow a heart in its closing scenes, tossing off its snarky, self-satisfied cynicism and making a half-hearted lurch toward catharsis. Review: Rosamund Pike's in peak form in the crafty but muddled Netflix thriller 'I Care a Lot' 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “Together, they projected a self-satisfied view of the status quo and a lack of recognition of their own preconceptions about American life,” she continued. Jennifer Rubin calls Amy Coney Barrett 'clueless,' says hearing is 'a festival of White Privilege' 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z One anonymous commenter on the Los Angeles County Museum on Fire blog weighed in with a less sanguine judgment: “A lazy act of self-satisfied claptrappery.” Op-Ed: LACMA's redesign doesn't deserve this much carping 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Hoult’s virtual background is a painting in spitting distance of the period, featuring a self-satisfied man holding a melon, suggestively split open. History is tweaked — and the comedy amped — in 'The Great' 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Or a self-satisfied aficionado waxing poetic about a rare free-jazz LP, acting as though he’s the only one capable of decoding its knotty melodies as he pushes his glasses up his nose. Five myths about jazz 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z As an evening’s entertainment, it’s almost passable — genially diverting one minute, sour and self-satisfied the next. Review: Guy Ritchie is back, though not better than ever, with 'The Gentlemen' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z They are a critical part of a city arts festival becoming part of the city, and not just a self-satisfied section within it. Art made for Instagram is taking over festivals – and taking us away from the experience of it | Celina Ribeiro 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z What was once a geriatric, self-satisfied genre – politicians, generals and film stars looking back fondly on long careers – is now open to anyone with a story to tell. The naked truth: how to write a memoir 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “You can’t underestimate the value of a figure in a picture that seems self-satisfied,” Marshall once said. ‘Untitled (policeman)’ shines a light on race, among other things 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z One might add the self-satisfied dishonesty of Boris-ism to that diagnosis. Boris Johnson Takes on Parliament—and Loses 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z “Did you ever see anyone more self-satisfied? There’s a potential Mussolini for you.” Opinion | Corporate panic about capitalism could be a turning point 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z A video shows him flashing a self-satisfied smile as classmates jeer. How Stephen Miller rode an anti-immigration wave to the White House 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z He was once dismissed by many as a commentator whose self-satisfied broadsides did not always reflect China’s official views. At ‘China’s Fox News,’ He Is the Editor Who Bashes the U.S. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Two of her tracks appeared on Spotify, most notably On a Roll – a sultry, self-satisfied meditation on getting what you want, when you want it. Ashley O: how Miley Cyrus’s Black Mirror alter ego became this year’s big gay icon 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z In exchange, the English players are great examples for many incoming homegrown recruits who, in Dorrance’s experience, often arrive on campus a bit self-satisfied. On Women’s World Cup rosters, the global impact of Title IX is clear 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Officials with the ASA will prohibit, for instance, humorous ads that feature bad female drivers or scenes in which a woman does household chores for a self-satisfied man, BBC reported Friday. U.K. bans ‘harmful’ gender stereotype ads, content that may elicit ‘widespread offense’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z All this success is made worse because it rewards the insufferable Boston fans, possessed of a self-satisfied air of superiority, almost an entitlement to endless titles. Perspective | Why the Boston Bruins absolutely, positively cannot win the Stanley Cup 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Molly, Feldstein’s character, is a high school senior on the last day of high school, her perfectionism and academic overachievement having culminated in an acceptance to Yale and a self-satisfied feeling of superiority. Review | Hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt, ‘Booksmart’ is so much more than just another raunchy high school party flick 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z You can share Jarmusch’s despair — I certainly do — and still find its expression here too tired, bloodless and self-satisfied by half. Jim Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die' starts Cannes off on an apocalyptic note 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Someone Great” may be too self-satisfied to test itself. Review: Gina Rodriguez stars in Netflix’s ‘Someone Great’ 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z I like that Johnson wants to prod our often self-satisfied city into new ways of thinking about how we help the most beleaguered and vulnerable — and how we maintain public safety for everyone. As we vent over homelessness in our ‘jewel’ of a city, let’s not forget our shared humanity 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z When Olivia Jade says that she doesn’t care about school, her video cuts and zooms in on her face — YouTube’s standard visual grammar for emphasizing an arch joke, equal parts self-deprecating and self-satisfied. People Don’t Bribe College Officials to Help Their Kids. They Do It to Help Themselves. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Spectators and players alike walk around the grounds looking slightly blissed, and slightly self-satisfied. Beating Federer at Indian Wells, Dominic Thiem Offers Yet Another Glimpse at a Possible Future 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Baseball owners and the abacus boys would do well not to grow self-satisfied. Why Isn’t Anyone Bidding for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z He stepped in it with stuff like not knowing what the “nuclear triad” was, and the rest of them got self-satisfied smiles on their faces. Donald Trump is the perfect Republican 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Closure, when it finally arrives, has the tidy feeling of a self-satisfied short story. Review: In Tracy Letts' 'Linda Vista,' a loser in love and the collateral damage he leaves behind Its language is blunt, caustic and at times self-satisfied, much like his political reputation. Chris Christie accuses Jared Kushner of political 'hit job' in explosive new book 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z His base thrills at his fights with the establishment, seeing him as a warrior against self-satisfied elites who look down on many Americans. Isolated leader sees ‘a war every day’ 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Rabee’a was a charitable man from a privileged family — a little self-satisfied, perhaps, but he had enjoyed good fortune for much of his life, and that wasn’t about to change. From Arizona to Yemen: The Journey of an American Bomb 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Told it was a pro-immigration rally, the man became agitated and stepped on his accelerator, stopping just short of hitting Post and giving him a self-satisfied look, Post recalled. Anger toward media spreads into local communities 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z By his actions and by his self-satisfied quotes and smirking expressions, Machado is in danger of resetting his market price lower and perhaps even damaging the salary scale for others. Perspective | Manny Machado is drawing a lot of notice in the NLCS. It might not be the kind he wants. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Swearinger said his team might have gotten too self-satisfied after a Week 1 win when it came time to the following game — a 21-9 home loss to Indianapolis. FLM All 32: Team-by-team NFL notes 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z This goal, for all its unimpeachable relevance, might have left “Colette” feeling smug and self-satisfied, an exercise in shooting toxic male fish in a barrel. Review: Keira Knightley illuminates a writer's awakening in the shrewd, witty 'Colette' 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z His other movies, which include “Cabin Fever,” “Hostel” and this year’s risible remake of “Death Wish,” are ghastly exercises in Grand Guignol, prone to deliver graphic scenes of murder and dismemberment with a self-satisfied smirk. Review: 'The House With a Clock in its Walls' offers creaky, freaky haunted-mansion fun 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z When it moves, it galumphs — bounding along highways in a self-satisfied, triumphant manner. Appreciation: Warren Brown’s freewheeling commentary on cars and life 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z But there is also something self-satisfied and rather too clever about all this narrative duplicity. 'Three Identical Strangers' is a riveting account of identical triplets separated at birth 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter said it was "self-satisfied" and "only occasionally as much fun as it thinks it is". Is Ocean's 8 a waste of talent? 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z “Your cold opens are terrible, cringeworthy pieces of self-satisfied liberal propaganda that are sometimes so bad they seem like parodies of themselves,” Mr. Cheadle advises the program. Inside the Beltway: Trump bashing now deemed smug, ‘cringeworthy’ 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z “It’s also a question of character, perhaps we are too self-satisfied and the highest level doesn’t forgive that.” Behind the glitz, France has problems to solve before WCup 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z While supporting workers' rights, the public sector in France and other developed countries is often made up of smug self-satisfied pigs feeding at the trough of state funding. retirement at 51! French President’s Next Target: The Railroads. Strikes Loom. 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The contemporary art world is one of the most insular and self-satisfied subcultures in history, a milieu we think of as unplagued by anything so banal as paperwork or bodily functions. The Artist Has a Cavity 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z This year, I keep hearing that the usually self-satisfied tone of the ceremony will be a bit different. Hollywood's moral confusion: They kicked Harvey out, then nominated Kobe for an Oscar 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z The interplay of color exuded luxury and indulgence and self-satisfied delight. Review | Fashion magic in Paris: These colors should look hideous together. Somehow, they’re exquisite. 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z There's no shortage of self-satisfied men in this tale of awakening, and hypocrisy of the most brutal, patriarchal sort meets its comeuppance. Arab Israeli filmmaker gives voice to young women in debut drama 'In Between' – LA Times 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z More distressing to Marcel than Bergotte's coarse appearance is "the busy and self-satisfied mentality … which had nothing in common with the type of mind that informed the books." As artists fall into disgrace, must their art be consigned to oblivion? – LA Times 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Grant maintains the same affable yet slyly self-satisfied demeanor even after his character goes mad with greed. ‘Paddington 2’: a warm and fuzzy sequel for kids 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z But in 2018, when well-meaning white men and women are being forced to confront the consequences of their privilege, it’s essential to reassess such self-satisfied assumptions. Star Trek: Discovery’s half-season premiere is a sobering reminder that utopia has a cost 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Then there are our role models: misogynist presidents, groping politicians, narcissistic sports stars, self-satisfied billionaires, airbrushed actors, heroic superheroes, alpha men, all of them. The 'masculine mystique' – why men can't ditch the baggage of being a bloke 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Our righteous anger intensifies as a self-satisfied priest comes to her home, sips tea in her kitchen, and explains that she’s out of line in going after the chief. Review: McDormand gives blistering turn in ‘3 Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The decade was, in general, one of optimism; it was “placid … a little self-satisfied”. Celeste Ng: ‘It’s a novel about race, and class and privilege’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z The actor brings his patrician bearing and good looks to Christian's shiny and self-satisfied unawareness, which the director argues characterizes our collective moral self. Swedish provocateur Ruben Östlund looks at selfless, and selfish, behavior in Cannes prizewinner 'The Square' – LA Times 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z In 1967, the film The Graduate famously started with the central character, Benjamin Braddock, receiving unsolicited career advice from a self-satisfied older neighbour. How plastic became a victim of its own success 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z But this genteel, self-satisfied movie doesn’t begin to share her curiosity, much less earn yours. Judi Dench rules (again) in the lopsided crowdpleaser 'Victoria & Abdul' 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But Bucar has taken a lesson from Priestly’s famous monologue, in which the powerful fashion editor coolly traces the history and meaning of a frumpy “cerulean ” sweater worn by her dismissive and self-satisfied assistant, Andy. The fashionable woman in the Islamic attire 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z But too often that loyalty is abused by promoters who fail to produce the fights the fans want to see and are far too self-satisfied on the rare occasions they do. Will McGregor v Mayweather save American boxing – or bury it? 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Forget the dance: the real visual signature of The Office was Brent’s fangy grin, partly self-satisfied, partly desperate for approval. From Del Boy’s cap to Steve Martin’s arrow – what happened to the comedy trademark? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z In our own parliament, however much we might abhor the self-satisfied bigotry of the DUP, we’re far more exercised about the billion pounds headed in their direction. Homophobia is back – it’s no accident that nationalism is too | Zoe Williams 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Extract From 4:07 you get a patented Jones rant and a self-satisfied Stone performance that carries a whiff of sulphur. How rightwing media saw Comey's testimony as a win for Trump 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Cruz read a portion of the law, which vested the President with the authority to “suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants,” and gave a self-satisfied grin. Why Sally Yates Stood Up to Trump 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z That kind of self-satisfied, self-aware apathy about the state of affairs in America somehow helped this whole thing go down.” Father John Misty: ‘I get sick pleasure out of reading about how much people hate me’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “I hope my team don’t get too self-satisfied with this,” Lippi said. Lippi and China face toughest test yet in Iran 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Instead it leans back on a few clever, self-satisfied references to the myth of Orpheus, who famously could have rescued his beloved Eurydice if he only he had simply kept walking and never looked back. With 'Rings,' a horror franchise is reborn. It should have stayed dead 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The likes of Mr Lott will get richer and more self-satisfied. Uncertain business 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z If the Raptors want to spark any fear in a very self-satisfied fan base, they might look to run the Cavs out of their home arena Tuesday night. N.B.A. Schedule: Here’s What to Watch This Week 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Its self-satisfied rationale for collecting a “classic” piece of social media dreck – the first-ever emoji script created by a Japanese mobile phone company in 1999 – is a betrayal of its own history. New York's Moma exhibiting emojis? It's like a teacher trying to twerk 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z That it was a punchline seemed evident from Trump’s trademark self-satisfied grin, but this was no joke. What Trump wants America to know: he won't take no for an answer | Ali Gharib 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z If there is a curse between the covers of this thin, self-satisfied volume, it doesn’t have to do with cash, the title to the contrary notwithstanding. Hostage to a Bull Market 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Yet the Trump take has that extra self-satisfied air of the rare politician who has skin in the electoral game, but not his entire hide: Here’s the trick to drawing the perfect Donald Trump 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Slim was exactly as I will always remember him: upbeat, self-satisfied and wearing a boyish grin. A New Perspective on the Life and Legacy of Photographer Slim Aarons 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Fellow writers were horrified, and perhaps a bit self-satisfied, to see the 31-year-old’s spectacular career implode. A discredited writer seeking rehabilitation in a new book 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z And there in the gloom sat a self-satisfied Arafat, his black machine gun ominously displayed on the table, holding forth about how he’d be rather be martyred than surrender to Israel’s diktats. Why U.S. diplomacy can’t fix the Middle East 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z But, whatever else could be said about him, he was foolish, solipsistic, and self-satisfied. “Maybe It Was the Distance” 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Definition: Noun -- A person or thing that departs from the accepted norm or standard with pride; Verb -- Playing by one's own rules in a cavalier -- some would argue self-satisfied -- demeanor. What would a golf-themed Spelling Bee look like? - Golf Digest 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z That is not a case for glorious, self-satisfied isolation, but for Britain staying in and rolling up its sleeves. The continental imperative 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z A self-satisfied bourgeois, with a scold’s horror of impropriety, Richardson certainly confounds the image of the writer as tortured artist. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Related: Why must the Trump alternative be self-satisfied, complacent Democrats? Betrayed by their party, Republicans voted Trump. But he will betray them too | Christopher R Barron 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z His challenge of Mr. Ryan is a challenge of the Washington ruling class, and it’s a message for the smug and self-satisfied who hang out with the ruling class. WESLEY PRUDEN: Donald Trump loved by voters, loathed by establishment 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Part police procedural and part dystopian thesis about thought crime versus actual crime, the play isn’t entirely successful—often genuinely disturbing yet also sometimes self-satisfied and obtuse. Designing Stages for Shakespeare and Kanye 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z On the trail he tells the same jokes, accompanied by the same gestures and self-satisfied chuckles, reproducing chunks of his book, “A Time for Truth”, verbatim. The man in the ostrich-skin boots 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z But its sermon-to-action ratio is so high, and its adulation of its self-satisfied hero so breathless, that it often reads as if it were written by one of Richardson’s parodists. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The young man's openheartedness complements and eventually challenges his father's self-satisfied swagger. 'Aferim!' is a wickedly droll ride into Romania's feudal past 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Although I cannot, in all honesty, say I miss Cowell’s brand of self-satisfied nasty, Aiken’s irritation with “Idol’s” current judging panel is not unjustified. 'American Idol' recap: Is Clay Aiken right about the judges? 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z As the audience claps, he gazes out with a self-satisfied smile, nods and either clasps his hands or gives himself a small burst of applause — like a theater actor taking a bow after a performance. The Daily 202: With drug overdoses a huge issue in N.H., Jeb and Carly open up about their family experiences 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The tapes cemented an image of PO as self-satisfied and elitist. Voting for a better yesterday 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Their texts are one-sided, short, and— often as compensation for their patchy knowledge— snarky and self-satisfied in tone. The 2 Types of Knowledge You Should Know About 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z There is one fleeting scene at the end of the movie, when Jobs is onstage to unveil the new iMac, where the camera captures, in profile, Jobs’ self-satisfied public smile, and does so with perfection. I met Steve Jobs, and the movie gets its subject wrong 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z A self-satisfied showman and self-promoter rather than a real insurrectionary, he ultimately hasn’t got much to offer. Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Is a Predictable Cop-out 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z All those people that look very self-satisfied sitting there. Jeremy Corbyn puts voters' questions to David Cameron at PMQs - Politics live 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Before Americans get too self-satisfied with their own beaches and bays, they might consider asking their own government to do the same. Rio's not alone. How clean are America's beaches? 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Washburn: “A pleasant-looking green vine was creeping luxuriantly up a horizontal trellis, which resembled a board fence. White flowers were blooming on the vine, looking extremely self-satisfied and apparently without a care in the world.” Why “The Tale of Genji” Is Still Seductive 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Republicans shouldn’t be too self-satisfied about any of this. The disdain Hillary Clinton deserves on trade 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z As the train rushed me back to my self-satisfied life of friends and fulfilment and promise I received a text. Viewpoint: Who are the people in the dark corners? - BBC News 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z All those people that look very self-satisfied sitting there. Jeremy Corbyn puts voters' questions to David Cameron at PMQs - Politics live 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Steadfastly the woman runs by the boozy boat, head bobbing up and down, and the Saturday night revellers' self-satisfied belly laughs stop. Paula Radcliffe: My marathon journey 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Seidensticker: “A pleasantly green vine was climbing a board wall. The white flowers, he thought, had a rather self-satisfied look about them.” Why “The Tale of Genji” Is Still Seductive 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z “Nothing is more pleasing or less threatening to them than that game of the self-satisfied artist called l’art pour l’art,” he said. Günter Grass, German Novelist and Social Critic, Dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z A self-satisfied smirk never seems far from his lips. Review: Larry David’s Broadway play is a tedious dead fish 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Start listening to this and thinking they’re self-satisfied people sit there every week and make these decisions about your lives.” Jeremy Corbyn puts voters' questions to David Cameron at PMQs - Politics live 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Then he tossed the unexpected snowball to the unsuspecting chair and returned to his prepared text with self-satisfied, “Mm-hmm.” James Inhofe's Snowball: A Senator's Melting Credibility 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z All the same, you’ll hear a lot of self-satisfied huffing from climate change deniers this week. The Blizzard: Ten Questions That Can Be Answered "No" 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z “We haven’t had that for a long time — the board had grown cozy and self-satisfied and wasn’t used to challenges from within.” Arlington board tensions could hamper work after the streetcar vote This tournament is obviously bad for the losers, who end up shut out of a self-satisfied “meritocratic” elite. Thinking too highly of higher ed Start listening to this and thinking they’re self-satisfied people sit there every week and make these decisions about your lives.” Jeremy Corbyn puts voters' questions to David Cameron at PMQs - Politics live 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z “We are, for the most of us, a pretty simple and self-satisfied lot of people,” Matt Warshaw, the author of the Encyclopedia of Surfing, said of the sport’s enthusiasts. Dorian ‘Doc’ Paskowitz, physician-turned-surfer, dies at 93 Hope, by contrast, was all the things comedians are not supposed to be: sure of himself, self-satisfied, a man justified in his complacency. When Bob Hope Was Funny 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z People are happily immersed in their own worlds, too self-satisfied, conspiratorial and inconsiderate to consider the greater good. In vaccination debate, children of more responsible parents at risk 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Prosperous places may indeed become self-satisfied and less interested in progress. How 21st-Century Cities Can Avoid the Fate of 20th-Century Detroit 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Acting like a self-satisfied rich dude is not the right kind of arrogance. Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z That will mean the end of the self-satisfied blowhard whose lamebrain pronouncements, decoded for their ironic intent, have served as some of TV’s shrewdest analysis of current events. Got a beef with television? Why not sue somebody? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z The more Marc Andreessen dismisses criticism of Silicon Valley business behavior, the more he embodies exactly the fortress of self-satisfied complacency that requires storming. Why the “everybody does it” defense of Facebook’s emotional manipulation experiment is bogus 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Although Hart’s manner might make him seem too self-satisfied at times, such confidence is vital for a goalkeeper, who knows just how precarious his place in the team can be. Goalkeeper Hart aware how costly a blunder can be 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He savages the self-important, self-satisfied, ready-for-my-closeup slice of Washington that will be on display Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. Mark Leibovich’s This Town Is Brilliant and Fun … And Wrong 2014-05-02T21:33:25Z Am I sounding like a smug, self-satisfied jerk yet? Has the Era of Greenwashing in Resource Sustainability Passed? 2014-01-14T15:16:00Z There's a persistent and toxic strain of argument among self-satisfied pundits that maybe it all doesn't matter. CEOs and the rest of us: a tale of two economies 2013-07-09T14:20:28Z But I wonder if there isn't something a little bit placid and self-satisfied about the film, which is paced remarkably slowly, given the subject matter. Cannes 2013: Weekend of a Champion – first look review 2013-05-21T16:54:04Z It was also Twitter at its worst, a combination of tasteless tweets from the usual suspects and self-satisfied policing, as if what really mattered was who was saying what on social media. Boston: “It’s our hometown” 2013-04-16T11:45:00Z If ever there was a scandal designed for the self-satisfied chatter of a British dinner party, it is that involving the discovery of horsemeat in cheap, ready-to-eat dishes labelled as beef. Horsemeat scandal: more food regulation, not less, is the answer 2013-02-10T00:06:09Z There are few sights less edifying than self-satisfied men giving themselves a fiscal conservative rubdown as a stretch of America lies ruined. Gotham: Changing Tone on Disaster Relief Costs When It’s Closer to Home 2013-01-01T01:49:05Z OK, not quite everything – there were no pathetic 21-women brawls, entitled tantrums, overly aggressive goal celebrations, self-satisfied pundits or whining little boys – but the overall point stands. The Fiver 2012-08-07T15:31:20Z Occasionally, we give directions, making us feel rather self-satisfied, if not omniscient. A Quest to See the City That Tourists So Love 2012-07-21T14:29:28Z He was out of temper with everything and everybody,—the doctor, and his abject manner; Tom, and his roughness; Darby, and his roguish air of self-satisfied craftiness; all, for the moment, displeased and offended him. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z He had probably smoked his pipe of opium, and was now in that semi-dazed, self-satisfied condition that invariably follows an administration of the drug. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z I have good health and am determined not to grow self-satisfied. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z This reply, with its allusion to the governess, Anne knew was the severest thing she could say; so, with a self-satisfied look at Frances' flushed face, she went away to put on her things. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z In life—or death—he seemed supremely self-satisfied. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z I thought I was done for when I met Dubois," he reflected, perfectly self-satisfied, "but—I was really in luck. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z They want to be well, and happy, and serene, and self-satisfied; they think they are; and thinking makes them so. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z In a contest of this sort it is the nobler nature, always, that yields; the self-satisfied, limited mind has an obstinacy that never gives way. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z But in speaking of the impartiality required from the historian, this self-satisfied insipid chatter lets the distinction disappear, and rejects both kinds of interest. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z The face of Cavard, the walking delegate, wore a self-satisfied smile. The Iron Boys as Foremen or, Heading the Diamond Drill Shift 2012-02-28T03:00:24.413Z "You and I must stand watch and watch for a little, Miss Sallie," he told her with a self-satisfied smirk. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z He did not wait this time for an answer, but came back to us with a self-satisfied grin on his face. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Really, I must confess that I think we are a very self-satisfied people in every respect. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z She found herself greeting Wellgood, newly arrived, ruddy and robust, confident, self-satisfied—as she saw in a moment, eager. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z And though his tone was in itself sufficiently self-satisfied, the terms in which he spoke were exceedingly unlike those that he had been accustomed to use to the whilom king of Babylon. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z It ruffled his self-satisfied mood of the moment more than a little to learn that the fat man in the fur coat was in fact a London solicitor. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z He spoke in a pedantic, self-satisfied voice, and introduced himself as Mr. Raphael Princkley, and his companion as Mr. Jonas Stiles, both undergraduates of Queen's College, Oxford. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z They had essayed to play Bridge on Sunday; Bobby Trench had tried to get out of going to church, had made havoc of punctuality, had, in fact, seriously disturbed the serene, self-satisfied atmosphere of Kencote. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z In an article which opponents said was short on specifics, he said he supported neither "subversives" who want rapid change nor "self-satisfied gentlemen" who favour the status quo. Russia's Putin promises change, warns of new crisis 2012-01-16T15:01:32Z “At every opportunity,” he wrote, “the ‘subverters’ before our eyes become ‘self-satisfied gentlemen,’ who oppose any changes and jealously guard their status and privileges. Vladimir Putin Explains His Decision to Seek Presidency Again 2012-01-16T10:17:20Z If it may induce others to undertake similar excursions, and thus increase the little navy of healthy and self-satisfied canoeists, the object of the publication will have been attained. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Schroder was a man who had no interest in anything outside himself—a noisy, self-satisfied creature with no reason to be noisy or self-satisfied. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z A self-satisfied smile creeps across his mouth, and a manically fatuous gleam steals into his eyes. How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? 2012-01-04T10:00:37Z Outwardly, to the casual passer-by, he appeared the very embodiment of content; prosperous, untroubled, self-satisfied. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z But he cares little for that, being a clattering, rattle-headed, self-satisfied fellow, who seems to do nothing all day long but fish and eat. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z A distinguished preacher and author, himself a Unitarian, remarked recently in an address to Unitarians that they were usually the most self-satisfied people that he ever met. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z To her, he was the essence of self-satisfied superiority, and she apparently considered it one of her missions in life to bring him down to earth as much as possible. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z A young fellow of some nineteen summers entered the room; he might have been even younger, to judge by his handsome but self-satisfied and very juvenile face. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z Gordon smiled a brief self-satisfied smile, not altogether pleasant to witness. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Alone, but self-satisfied, he clatters up and down his beat as a policeman, going his rounds, might sound his rattle from time to time. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Rhys made a good market, and came home with self-satisfied complacence at a late hour, to sup and turn over his gains to his mother, along with the news of the day. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z I feel as self-satisfied and self-righteous as though I’d just put a new skirt braid on my skirt, and I don’t know of anything that makes one feel more so. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z “Mr. Velchaninoff, if I am not mistaken?” said a strange voice, apparently belonging to some young and very self-satisfied person, at the door. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z After several minutes, which seemed painfully long to me, my man came back with a self-satisfied air.—'Well,' San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z How did you happen to think of it, Mr. Fairspeckle?” The other man stroked his lean chin with a self-satisfied air. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z With the highest respect, and a pressing invitation to come again, seconded by his wife, I took my leave of the self-satisfied Israelite. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Then, too, he has been so self-satisfied with his r�le. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Velchaninoff felt inclined to send this self-satisfied looking young gentleman flying downstairs again; but he reflected—refrained, stood aside and let him in. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z As she finished this tirade, Hann� cast a side-glance at me, who, in truth, played capitally the part of the most tiresome, self-satisfied blockhead of a nephew anyone could imagine. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z The indifferent, self-satisfied calm which his face formerly wore had given place to an expression of thoughtful anxiety. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z He is a smug, self-satisfied looking man of about thirty-five, smooth-shaven, except for small side-whiskers. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z Benton was supremely self-satisfied with the part he had played in the struggle with the Bank. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z And then her slate is clear, and she can afford to sink back for a decade into social greediness or inactivity, as the case may be, proud and self-satisfied as a peacock. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z As he smoked his thoughts turned to his prospects and his position, and on the whole they were of a somewhat cheerful and self-satisfied character. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Halifax as a civil-service headquarters and a government military depot was perhaps open to the charge of being at least “self-satisfied.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z I thought it would be a fine day when I could give this great, contemptuous, cold, self-satisfied world a little push with my shoe and pass it by. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z "Why did you not come yesterday?" said the convict, with a self-satisfied smile. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The self-satisfied soul congratulates herself that she is "Lord over nature, Lord of the visible earth, Lord of the senses five." Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z "Now, what is the general condition of the south of Scotland?" the Prince asked, lounging back, twirling his moustache with a self-satisfied air. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z As he passed through it, he passed through another and invisible gate, opening into quite a different path from the solitary, self-satisfied way of aloofness which he had been following. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z "Thanks to my assiduity I am at last enabled to bring you some important news," cried the little Gascon with a self-satisfied air. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z He walked about with a self-satisfied air, by the side of his camp bedstead, beneath which he had concealed his spirits, previously buried beneath the snow behind the barracks, in a secret place. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Saying this the self-satisfied martialist opened the basket and solaced his appetite with a slice of pasty and a draught of wine. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Clement was thinking all the while how easily he would give the Tartar the slip, smiled to himself at the thought, winked with both eyes, and nodded his head with a self-satisfied air. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The marshal rode at the window of the king's carriage, splendid, self-satisfied, as if he were already proclaimed father of the country. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Blind, self-satisfied “child-quellers,” who so ignorantly boast of your ability to conquer children! Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Frank was as brown as a brick, and even Bob and the caravan cat had increased in size, and looked intensely self-satisfied, and on good terms with themselves. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z “That’s all right then,” said he in a tone so extremely domineering and self-satisfied, that my spirits drooped even a little lower than before. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z "You seem to forget the jury," answered the district attorney in a self-satisfied way; "they evidently knew something about it." The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Christ's reason for seeking out the sick, the lost, is ominous indeed for the self-satisfied. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Her voice echoed through a void across which no bridge would ever span, hideously jovial and self-satisfied with her own indifference toward the institution of marriage. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z His broad expanse of white shirt front awed the most self-satisfied into instant submission, and he carried himself as one who was monarch of all he surveyed. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z But she only gave one of her self-satisfied smiles and bows; when in came the tall footman to say that the gardener wished to speak with “missus.” A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z Her small black eyes were shrewd and furtive, while the expression of her full face in repose was self-satisfied rather than agreeable. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Oh, how they will torture the poor girl with their unctuous virtue and self-satisfied piety! The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z “What’s the good o’ you humbugging?” said Rasp, on deck, to self-satisfied Oakum, who stood leaning his back against the bulwark, and staring at the landmarks by which he had found the spot. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z We were all of us Americans—intense, self-satisfied, self-glorifying Americans—but we had little else in common. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z I snubbed him unmercifully, but he was one of those self-satisfied, self-assured creatures incapable of taking a snubbing. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Certainly, sir counsellor," replied the learned chancellor, gravely, with a self-satisfied air: "it is the fruit of many a waking night's inquiries. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z It was the generally self-satisfied and obsequious Sir Pall�, who now however looked most solemn and thoughtful. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Mrs. Pope resumed her chair with a self-satisfied air. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z Every appliance of ease was there; and even in the self-satisfied air of the servants who lounged in the "rumble" might be read habits of affluent prosperity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z His head is large and his face long, with marked, if not very striking features, charged, it must be admitted, with a very self-satisfied expression. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z "There is no mother-in-law in my case—it is my wife that has the mother-in-law," and he laughed in a grim, self-satisfied way. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z He never changed his position in the slightest degree; he seemed only to give a sort of self-satisfied grunt, "How de do, how de do." Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z You smelled it in his ambrosial locks; you saw it in his self-satisfied face, and heard it in his inharmonious voice. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z In this self-sustained, self-satisfied mood, Mrs. Sepulvida found him on her return. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The mind which is wedded to falsities in religion or philosophy, is proud, self-reliant, self-satisfied, bigoted and intolerant. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Every once in a while when I feel specially self-satisfied, I take a walk past the little gray house where I used to live before my aunt played fairy god-mother to all of us. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z There was a self-satisfied roll of his eye as he said this, which took away from me all further desire for the bacon and eggs I had just put on my plate. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z The man looked enormously self-satisfied, and was certainly bursting with authority and adipose tissue. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z All the fears he had argued away with such self-satisfied logic the day before, returned to him again with greater anxiety. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z “All headmen are not alike,” he answered with a self-satisfied air. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z “So, my public adores me,” he said in a mocking self-satisfied tone that caused Alice and Nan to laugh aloud. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z So when Joseph said, "Dear Christian friends," there was clearly written on the self-satisfied faces of most of the audience, "that is the least you can say of us," or words to that effect. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z With a self-satisfied feeling he picked up a long code message he had written out and thrust it in his pocket. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The bankers are at worst self-satisfied, while the government falls somewhere between pitifully overwhelmed and plainly naive. Too Big To Fail Review: Too Light on Blame? 2011-05-24T05:03:30Z He had a jug of ale standing before him, looked on all who went in and out in a cold-blooded, self-satisfied way, and thought no more of his strange adventure. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z "Twice the number of feet," said Miette, with a self-satisfied air. In Search of a Son 2011-05-24T02:00:13.087Z If even the far-famed and the self-satisfied stand in need of a little of the warmth which is derived from other people's opinions, how much more the diffident and the unknown! Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z If they are upright and sufficient, it is no matter what people say about him; he and the other person immediately concerned should be so self-satisfied as to be indifferent to outside comment. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Every man nudged his neighbor, and the aguish, blue-eyed boy grinned in a ghastly, self-satisfied way. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z A self-satisfied smile played round the lips of the old Cossack whose name was Javtuch, when he found that his remark had touched the old woman on a tender point. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z "That is as others think," said Margaret, casting a self-satisfied look at herself in the glass. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z In appearance he was a tall, dark-haired, particularly thick-set man, with European whiskers, with a self-satisfied, red face, with teeth white as sugar, and with an irreproachably gentlemanly deportment. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z There was nothing about him which reminded one of the stiff reticence of the lackeys, of the governess's pale horror, of Schulrat Dröge's professional bows, or of Professor Kürtchen's self-satisfied deference. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Putting on his coat again, he proceeded on his way quite self-satisfied. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z "I beg your pardon, Mr. Claybourne—I didn't mean to swear before Helen—but I don't like that smug, oily, self-satisfied man—" and I pointed my finger at Dr. Sinclair. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Two fingers of either hand were inserted in the capacious pockets of a white vest, while, his head jauntily leaning to one side, he sat the very ideal of self-satisfied ease and contentment. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z M. But I looked with wild curiosity at the self-satisfied person of M. M., as though there must be something special about him now. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The houses were generally small, and roofed with red tiles, and the atmosphere of the place self-satisfied, and decently prosperous. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z This man, in spite of his self-satisfied manner and well-tailored suit, was very far from being a gentleman. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z "I suppose that our village singing sounded very poor to you after that in the London churches," went on Mr. Bayden, the faintest suspicion of a self-satisfied smile dawning in the corners of his mouth. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z So thought the others, with the exception of the trainer; he sat on his cob, a self-satisfied smile on his face. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z Jacob Weisberg, the editor in chief of the Slate Group, who tweeted as @jacobwe about a Google party in the Swiss Alps, regrets that his post might have sounded a bit self-satisfied. On Twitter, ?What a Party!? Brings an Envious ?Enough, Already!? 2011-03-19T04:43:09Z "I was not at all satisfied with my expedition," she continued, with the self-satisfied fluency of all young girls who are accustomed to have their chatter listened to for the sake of their pretty faces. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z He acquiesced in the poor laws as the easiest way out of a miserable mess; he let private charity take its feeble and intermittent course, paying his rates and giving his donations with self-satisfied sanctity. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z “They must have known I stopped the notes directly,” said Crampton with a self-satisfied smile. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z He paraded his martyr's nimbus, and with a self-satisfied sigh styled himself a Don Quixote. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z He was an exceedingly good-natured, self-satisfied, talkative youth, one of those happily constituted persons who are not even their own enemies. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z There are parvenus who listen in society to such speeches with self-satisfied indifference; yes, even laugh at them, and applying the English proverb, "Present company always excepted," to their own case, fancy themselves unreferred to. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The Countess is evidently in a very agitated state of mind, and, strange to relate of so self-satisfied a person, she is clearly discontented with herself and her surroundings. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "What on earth do you mean?" cries Minnie, with scant ceremony, and flashes an impatient glance at the lady's soft, smiling, self-satisfied visage. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z While she chattered on with self-satisfied fluency, it seemed to Boris as if some one scratched a knife on a porcelain plate. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z For Stuart Digby was not nearly as self-satisfied as the chance observer supposed. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Merely a self-satisfied and an almost indifferent expression of countenance should indicate that only the expected has happened, and that duck killing is to be the order of the day. Fishing and Shooting Sketches 2011-02-23T03:00:33.463Z "You are right as to my name, but quite as wrong if you fancy that you will detain me," said that plump and very self-satisfied gentleman, as he moved forward. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z He stretched his well-formed limbs and smiled in a self-satisfied manner. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z "Oh, that is nothing," replied the Inspector, vainly trying to suppress a self-satisfied smile. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z The little circles of rich, self-made men, self-satisfied women in which she moved did not touch that one in which she knew Ernest rightfully belonged. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z A telling hit was made by the most self-satisfied weather-prophet of the party, who foretold an east wind at sundown, which promptly made its appearance on schedule time. Fishing and Shooting Sketches 2011-02-23T03:00:33.463Z The self-satisfied, scornful, and usually haughty expression would change suddenly to one timid and suspicious; in a moment the whole man is on his guard, his glance wanders about unsteadily. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Then he nodded and smiled in self-satisfied manner, listened again, and finally began to work his way through the thick undergrowth with the subtle motions of the practised bushman. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Above all if this blundering, self-satisfied Carrier could be reckoned on!... Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z What always struck me about its senior executives – in both the commercial and public sector – was how smug and self-satisfied they seemed. Why the BBC's old guard called time on the Wibbly Wobbly Web 2011-01-30T00:02:08Z To find him the same as ever, so smooth, so self-satisfied, and so cursedly successful, too. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Mr. Money's home, like Mr. Money himself, conveyed to the intelligent observer an idea of quiet, self-satisfied strength. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z His self-satisfied mood was somewhat impaired by the annoyance that the evident avoidance of his comrades caused him. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z He arrived at Louisville, Ky., late in the night, and remained there until the following day, when he pursued his course into the heart of that self-satisfied State which only desired to be "let alone." The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z In every detail she seemed to express the wholly self-satisfied, half-insolent perfection of the woman who knows that she may and does command the best of everything. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z I always thought Sir Charles was a terrible prig; horribly self-satisfied and altogether too much taken up with marveling at his own virtues. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Don Luis struck an attitude and repeated, in a self-satisfied tone: "He spoke: and the whole tribe set out upon its journey." The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The Southerner’s political and social creed was that of an aristocrat; and an aristocrat is too dignified and too self-absorbed to enter curiously into other men’s feelings, and too self-satisfied to question his own. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It was Arnoux who had brewed the beverage; and, followed by the Comte's groom carrying an empty tray, he offered it to the ladies with a self-satisfied air. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z He hugged his knees and smiled the pleasant self-satisfied smile of the proverbial cat that has just received the canary into its midst. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z And Betty sinks back in her seat with quite a self-satisfied smile. Betty's Battles an Everyday Story 2011-01-02T03:00:19.670Z His voice now sounded full and vibrant with self-satisfied energy. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z San Francisco in 1870 was dominated by that cold, hard, self-satisfied, commercial spirit which Bret Harte especially hated, and which furnished one reason, perhaps the main reason, for his departure from the State. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z But to disdain pragmatic compromise is to become unyielding and self-satisfied in the service of theory, rather than creative in the service of your agenda. Political Times: Is ?Triangulation? Just Another Word for the Politics of the Possible? 2010-12-17T03:07:24Z People like Kyle need to be rebuked at every opportunity – for their ignorance and their self-satisfied attempts to curry favour with those in power. Let's declare war on Jeremy Kyle and his idle-bashers 2010-08-20T16:00:00Z Of becoming pompous, or self-satisfied, or of blithely oversimplifying the issues for our own gain. Don't be afraid of the snark 2010-07-26T19:00:00Z Will his sudden wealth, a Reebok deal worth a reported $25 million over five years, his own shoe, and the highlight mix tapes make him self-satisfied and complacent? WashPost: Wall faces fame, pressure as No. 1 pick 2010-06-25T04:40:00Z Weeks after buying the music company in May, 2007 a smug-looking Hands stood in a Cambridge University hall before a room full of equally self-satisfied media executives. Special Report: Guy Hands, Citigroup and the fight for EMI 2010-06-11T05:45:00Z According to Samuel, Triesman is a self-satisfied know-all who would have skipped down the plank eventually even if the Mail hadn't cajoled him with their pointy Sword of Truth. The Fiver 2010-05-17T15:54:00Z Skinner died, but if he were alive today he would be the most annoyingly self-satisfied psychologist in the world. Why The First Click Is Always Free 2010-05-06T10:00:00Z Everyone in the advert glides about looking well laundered, self-satisfied, respectable and altogether like people whose Le Crueset ramekins you wouldn't mind smashing over their heads. I feel sorry for Gordon. And I'm not alone 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z Daily Graphic.—"In short C. H. R. has written a new "Pilgrim's Progress," a passionate, a profound and stirring satire on the self-satisfied morality of Church and of Chapel." A Blot on the Scutcheon He smoked his cigar in a self-satisfied humour, waiting till his sister should have finished ironing his shirt-collar, which she seemed to have taken an endless time over. The Undying Past “Don’t you mind about that,” said the young man loftily, and feeling very exultant and self-satisfied. By Birth a Lady But there was nothing of the quality of smart, self-satisfied immaturity about his genius. The Ifs of History Pompeius was cold, lazy, self-satisfied; good fortune rained its golden shower upon him and he stood and gathered it up in his hands. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men They stopped us to ask what luck, and we tried not to look too self-satisfied, but probably they read our success in our arrogant faces, streaked with tar and sweet oil as they were. The Jonathan Papers The Sprite and the Corporal agreed upon the time for the attack, and thereupon Scaly turned, gave her tail a few self-satisfied flops, and dived out of sight. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies He had not felt any anger against their simple effort at corruption—only pity; but a sudden furious anger swept him against Albee, so smooth, so self-satisfied. Manslaughter They may be taken as evidence of the respective societies being catholic or puritanic in spirit; crude or accomplished; free and simple, or restrained and cautious; self-satisfied, or deficient in self-respect. How to Observe Morals and Manners "Precisely," said Crump, ineffably self-satisfied; "that was just what I was getting at." The Wonderful Visit All their horses were well away behind them, and they themselves seemed to be an exceedingly cheerful, hopeful, and self-satisfied lot of red men. The Red Mustang So saying, Hyptiotes put his front paws over his head, and stroked it forward with a self-satisfied air as though he, at least, had no doubt of the high merit of his trap. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies "Thus I have killed three birds with one stone!" he mused, with a self-satisfied grin, and, folding his hands, fell into a gentle slumber. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The commandant arrived more stuck up with pride than ever; his eyes staring with self-satisfied admiration at himself and the certainty of not being disappointed this time. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 It was a relief to say farewell to Clarissa and her determination to produce moderately good pictures, to Ayliffe and his morbid hopes, to all that motley crowd, so pathetic and yet so completely self-satisfied. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Meanwhile the bear retired to his pedestal and sat down upon it with a graceful and self-satisfied air. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 I can see nothing that is complete and in harmony with itself, without envy; no self-satisfied stupidity, no broad-mouthed falsehood, no snobbish faces. The Children of the World The streets were so full of plump, self-satisfied blonde women, overdressed and underbred. The Preliminaries And Other Stories But tone and look alike betokened some new achievement: they were self-satisfied even for Bethune of the Hall. The Shadow of a Man "Well, in my experience, and my experience has done its bit I can tell you," said Barnes in self-satisfied parenthesis. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The transformation of the young men was more rapidly effected than the self-satisfied mustering of Louise before the large mirror which reflected her elegant form entire. The Progressionists, and Angela. It was evident from his self-satisfied and confident assurance that he had a good answer ready for my inquiry. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced I saw that I was just like the girl beside me in her incredible callousness,--even like the fat, self-satisfied, blonde women I had seen in the town. The Preliminaries And Other Stories "It is a sort of self-satisfied, touch-me-not happiness, with a better-than-you-are smirk about it." With Edge Tools After all it is the egotism of a simple, natural, sincere nature; there is no self-satisfied smirk about it, no arrogance. The Vagabond in Literature Then the New York that Americans call ruffianly, impolite, vulgar, selfish, spendthrift, money-loving, self-satisfied, and stupid, also began to dance decorously! H. R. He looked fixedly at the dial, and when he had finished counting ten, he nodded with a self-satisfied air, for he had regained his presence of mind. On the Heights A Novel And-- my children will never learn it here, among you, where everybody is so happy and self-satisfied. The Preliminaries And Other Stories He prodded his chest in a self-satisfied manner to demonstrate to me that this was his own magazine. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia It had been her way to put a little of her brains and blood into all her jobs in life, finishing each with a self-satisfied little nod. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 There are old men whose manner and bearing are infinitely more attractive than the self-satisfied, self-relying composure of our modern young ones. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) "But you know sometimes your laugh sounds just a little—a very little self-satisfied." Plashers Mead A Novel You self-satisfied, well-fed people uptown don't take the trouble to come down here to find out how the poor live. John Marsh's Millions He was not aggressively self-satisfied: but he was far from insensible to the fact that he was extraordinarily young to be the rector of as rich and powerful a congregation as that of St. Viateur's. Thirty This leads to the formation of blatantly self-satisfied judgments, which may be quite as wrong as the cramping system with which we have encompassed ourselves. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel With a quiet self-satisfied smile, she placed the notes in her pocket and was in the act of rising, when she turned and saw Cissy at the door. The New Mistress A Tale "I think I am rather self-satisfied," Monica agreed, combing her golden hair away from her high, pale forehead. Plashers Mead A Novel The Wine-count possessed a confident, self-satisfied manner, with sufficient tact, however, to prevent him from giving offence. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The artist himself, frightfully obese, smiling and self-satisfied, stood surrounded by his canvases. Fairfax and His Pride “The truth is, I just spoil and indulge the children too much, my lady!” added Mrs. Crabtree, in a self-satisfied tone of voice. Holiday House A Series of Tales “That’s how I serve them,” he said, with a self-satisfied smirk. The New Mistress A Tale The nobles were mostly landed proprietors, but when the cities began to grow, urban patricians, proud and self-satisfied, arose. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Jim—"in the Blues"—very eligible as a possible husband for the daughters of ambitious mammas, a trifle spoiled, a little slow of wit, and not a little self-satisfied—dismissed the whole incident as "tommy-rot." The Heart of a Woman How often has the church at large, or a national church, refused the call to expansion, and lost some rich part of its heritage because it was self-satisfied, and therefore blind? St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition He could not be called cynical in manner, for cynicism presupposes a sort of affectation, a defiance, or a deliberate pose of some kind, and St. Paul seemed absolutely without affectation—completely self-satisfied and easy. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. This was George Kelly, the very type of happy, self-satisfied sensuality. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier We then have a way of reposing, with a self-satisfied and complacent air, on imaginary laurels that we never have culled, and, did we but really know ourselves, might be perfectly certain we never should. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa He flashed his quick, infectious smile at me, and tweaked his mustache ends, for all the world like a self-satisfied tomcat furbishing his whiskers after finishing a bowl of cream. Pledged to the Dead Every appliance of ease was there; and even in the self-satisfied air of the servants who lounged in the rumble might be read habits of affluent prosperity. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune "I'm afraid there's nothing of the Good Samaritan in me," said Mrs. Potten, in a self-satisfied tone. The New Warden The persistence of these self-satisfied hovering devils was puzzling, for the mornings dawned almost bitterly fresh, and the breeze was always awake. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday Lovers are so 52 happy and self-satisfied that they do not understand why everybody else is not in the same supreme condition. Maids Wives and Bachelors "Well," he said, with a toss of self-satisfied import. Eleven Possible Cases As he took a parting glance into his tiny bit of mirror, the old fisherman indulged in a self-satisfied smirk, and spoke aloud. When the Cock Crows He wondered why he hadn't seen that she was not an Oxford girl by her dress and by her look of self-satisfied simplicity, the right look for a well-bred girl to have. The New Warden He was entirely easy, self-satisfied, and unaffected, and he had a way of pouring out his confidences as though he had known Minola from her birth upward. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. "Like a trump!" said Norwood, assuming the most easy and self-satisfied manner. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "Certainly good for me," continued the little medium in a self-satisfied way. The Spiritualists and the Detectives Monsieur is quite correct," replied the imperturbable proprietor, whose self-satisfied smile became still more insulting, "but perhaps not exactly what you seek for. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I This self-satisfied, if not boastful, allusion to a scene in which this strange being had played so unworthy, if not unjustifiable, a part, sent a thrill of revulsion through Mr. Byrd. Hand and Ring His was a dogmatic creed, of stern unyielding Calvinism, which left him always self-satisfied, and often made him aggressive. The Annals of Willenhall There was a tawdry, smirking, self-satisfied pretension about its poverty that made one wish for a break-down on looking at it. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Entering beneath the three golden balls, with the swagger and general air of ownership I thought most likely to impose upon the self-satisfied female who presided over the desk, I asked to see her boss. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories That night she seemed to be most aggravatingly self-satisfied, although she had really never been otherwise from the moment of his first denunciation of Jim, closely followed by the family's flight. Cupid's Middleman Christians are looked upon as dogs by all the self-satisfied natives, and treated so by some of them when they can be saucy with impunity. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) “That’s it!” said the self-satisfied householder, pointing up to a hawthorn bush which was pushed out of the top of his chimney. The Annals of Willenhall Between ourselves, both these two are very self-satisfied and egotistical persons, and I don’t think any woman has lost much by their resolve. Modern marriage and how to bear it As she grew older, and grew stronger both in mind and body, she grew bolder; aspiration gave way to self-satisfied conviction. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Ever and anon he would glance at me with that mischievous, malicious twinkle, which seemed to say "I've got you tonight," and I would smile back a quiet, self-satisfied smile and give an extra pull. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children |
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