| 单词 | smugness |
| 例句 | Harry took the hint and sat down next to Percy, who was wearing brand-new, navy-blue dress robes and an expression of such smugness that Harry thought it ought to be fined. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He stood near the pennant pole, looking piglike in his smugness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It surprised her how quickly, during reunions with old friends, the subject of marriage came up, a waspish tone in the voices of the unmarried, a smugness in those of the married. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Finally Sam Gardiner grew tired of waiting and taunted his foes by taking on a role of smugness and boasting of his immunity to Wortman’s vengeance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z So Betsy had changed her mind at the last minute, she thought with a flash of smugness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He glanced at the customer and saw a mix of smugness and guilt on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He drops the formal posturing and leans close, the smugness rolling off him so thickly that I think I’ll choke on it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But at quarter speed it was painted on his face: the lips pressed together in a look of pure smugness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She watched June for signs of smugness or sneakiness or anything other than the doe-eyed look of wonder June wore right now, but she didn’t find them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I want to strike Cardan over and over until I slap that smugness off his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I sat stubbornly in my seat, arms folded, feeling a secret twinge of smugness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z John Joseph Mathews bitterly recalled reporters “enjoying the bizarre impact of wealth on the Neolithic men, with the usual smugness and wisdom of the unlearned.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was Andrew, smiling nervously, but with a righteous smugness in his expression too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Judith’s tone had more than a touch of smugness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When he did, some of his surface smugness dropped away, and Mariam caught a glint of humility as yet uncorrupted. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z No wonder she couldn't contain her smugness before the Trials began. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I sit down on the couches with Hammie, trying to avoid Ren’s stare—but even then, I can feel his smugness directed at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For years I’d felt a certain smugness about how easily I had made the shift from war to peace. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Told you,” he said without any particular smugness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z You also understand that his smiling embrace of every detail of his life with Gerri — the Volvo, the garden, the holidays in Ireland — is a sign not of smugness, but rather of gratitude. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z Still, all this is handled with good humor and a minimum of revisionist smugness. Cinderella Then and Now: Revisiting Rodgers and Hammerstein 2013-03-13T11:00:32Z Reworking the steps as a newcomer turns out to be powerful and you appreciate the urgency and lack of smugness that you groaned at on the street. My prison redemption 2012-10-03T22:23:00Z “Even in this era of liberal smugness it causes suspicion,” he notes with a touch of defensiveness. ‘It’s him, it’s sort of him’: Sam Shepard’s ‘The One Inside’ toys with fact and fiction 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z This being a show that tests viewers’ patience, while plucking our incredulity/smugness strings, Hannah takes things too far. ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: A Death and Hannah 2014-01-27T05:02:53Z And Ms. Kirkman does not disappoint, telling a story about seeing a younger man days after her separation that she skillfully ties back into her skewering of parenting smugness. Jen Kirkman Finds Material in the Single Life in ‘I’m Gonna Die Alone’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Loneliness and prideful smugness did battle: An unspoken obligation loomed. Finding His Flock: A Rural Writer’s Book Club 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z While this success doesn't mean Apple products are any worse – it's a credit to their design – it could have a disastrous effect on loyal customers' smugness. David Mitchell: are smug Apple users losing their cachet? 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z From the air of smugness that pervades this Marvel adventure, you would think it was the first picture to break the fourth wall or feature a profane, badly behaved hero. Deadpool: the pansexual superhero who has never had a non-heterosexual experience 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Recently I was talking to a woman nearing 80, and with no small hint of smugness we joked about the follies of youth. Don’t slouch, young lady 2014-04-13T00:00:00Z This should end British smugness at the fiscal shortcomings of Greeks and Italians. These tax scams are all legal – that's morally repugnant 2012-06-21T19:29:01Z With his general air of smugness, The Man in Black triggers Teddy into remembering that he has repeatedly dragged Dolores into the barn, against her will, to commit unseen violence against her. 5 Illuminating Westworld Discoveries 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z One reason for this, of course, is that English people can be supremely arrogant about their own sense of humour: a feeling of national entitlement comparable to the pre-1953 smugness of English footballers. Why Loriot gets lost in translation 2011-08-25T14:45:25Z Mr. Holland makes us see how smugness and egotism coexist with, are inextricably bound with, Edwards’s reserve and compassion. 'The Knick' Recap: Sins of the Flesh, With a Kick 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z She made the smugness in those lyrics ring loud and clear, but with a grace note of empathic candor, a steadying hand on the shoulder. Music Review: Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples at the Beacon 2012-06-22T23:54:20Z Oily, bluff, bullying, insecure, misogynistic and, as he described himself, "homoskeptic," Partridge was a living satire of small-screen smugness and desperation. The Trip: Great Impressions 2011-06-10T18:45:00Z He also made fun of the smugness of his audience: "In Hollywood, the only thing we value more than diversity is congratulating ourselves on how diverse we are," he said. Rock my chain? Maggie Smith Rule? Memorable Emmy moments 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z As his character is forced to reassess his smugness, their dynamic starts to level and the two emerge as peers. Miriam Silverman Is ‘Unafraid of Embracing the Darkness’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z He is an interloper, angrily observing the snobbery and smugness of the officer class. Regeneration by Pat Barker 2012-08-24T21:55:08Z He's still an awkward teenager though, so he hasn't got the smugness, yet. TV review: Danielle Lineker: My New Stepfamily 2010-07-21T07:00:00Z How did we acquire such material wealth, such unprecedented peace and prosperity, such a paralyzing sense of smugness at our own good fortune? Talkin' 'bout my generation 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z "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 Yes, Coward was a terrible snob, and there is a certain smugness about “Present Laughter” that it’s best not to examine too closely. Review: Kevin Kline Serves Ham in Soignée Silk in ‘Present Laughter’ 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z And yet, by the time he did stinkers like “Due Date” and “The Judge,” his carbonated sarcasm had curdled into smugness. The Superhero Franchise: Where Traditional Movie Stardom Goes to Die 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Even as he lards his book with stinging quips — about lard itself, given the region’s obesity statistics, about “the nauseating smugness of Southern Scripture donkeys” and about the South’s “biscuits-and-boneheads culture” — Mr. Thompson means business. Books of The Times: ‘Better Off Without ’Em,’ by Chuck Thompson 2012-08-21T22:05:37Z He found the smugness of The Washington Post particularly infuriating. Watergate: The Scandal That Never Goes Away 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z His humility renders his smugness palatable, as when Mulaney asks him a big-picture question about his vision of the last chapter of his life: “How do you see your final ten years?” “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and Jerry Seinfeld’s Identical Layers 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z One goes so far as to describe, with hipster-dad smugness, his son’s prowess at a “School of Rock” program, with its “Music of the Beatles” show. Ask me why: Great writers on the Beatles songs they love most 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z It has none of the quaint, hipper-than-thou smugness that often clings to works once perceived as being defiantly ahead of their times. Review: ‘Cloud Nine,’ a Comedy of Fluid and Complicated Couplings 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Part of that strain to the nervous system is a credit to Midler's surefooted delivery, but part of it is the stomach sickness that is the product of being doused in smugness. "Coastal Elites" is a noble attempt to clap back at Trump's America in the time of quarantine 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The spirit of smugness, of furious resistance to change, belongs to everyone; water roars down avenues as easily as cul-de-sacs. Review: In ‘Hurricane Diane,’ the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Grip’s boss advises: “The military — don’t ever surrender to their smugness.” Nordic Noir, in the Horn of Africa 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z On a show that often flirted with smugness, it was a moment of hyper clarity. From ER to The Sopranos: what were the most shocking TV deaths? 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z “As long as that difference doesn’t reinforce smugness” — God forbid! — “it’s created opportunities for us,” said Brad Lepp, Soulpepper’s communications director. On Canada Day, Sampling Soulpepper’s Cultural Imports 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z No American director’s more committed to exposing the smugness and self-aggrandizement of bourgeois urbanites. ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Review: She Can’t Handle the Truth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Now, there’s a different reason the do-it-yourself smugness of Wired is getting to me. Motherlode Blog: Father's Day, With Autism: Rethinking the Cool Dad 2012-06-14T17:27:20Z Frank writes, “smugness is the parental equivalent of answering the phone in a horror movie. Forget it, you’re doomed.” Review | Desperate parents have the strangest hacks for getting their kids to behave 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The intensity of feeling around Apple is often attributed to the smugness of many devotees. David Mitchell: are smug Apple users losing their cachet? 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z The genius of Humphries’ conceit was to translate the small-minded, unyielding smugness of the middle-class Australian suburbs in which he grew up into the even more invincible complacency of outrageous, drop-dead stardom. The Cathartic Value of Dame Edna’s Extravaganzas of Ego 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Toby Faber can be pardoned for betraying a hint of smugness about the company’s ongoing vigor, even if it’s thanks to a musical. The Unlikely History of Faber & Faber 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The smugness that I hadn't wasted the veg drawer's sad remains set in just as the soothing, home-cooked aroma of chicken soup filled the house. The nourishing joy of simmered whole chicken 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In the early pages of “A Divine Language,” Wilkinson recalls how his younger self despised the subject for “its self-satisfaction, its smugness and its imperiousness.” Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Thursday yielded images of anger, and anguish, tears and raised voices, intimidation and smugness. From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh: the view of history and her story, as seen on TV 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z He speaks quietly, although his mouth often twists into an expression of petulant smugness. ‘The Venerable W.’ Review: A Buddhist Monk Preaches Hate 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s also an entertainment and a rip-roaring sendup of the provincialism, venality, smugness and greed ingrained in a certain strata of the American ethos — and, the curmudgeonly Twain might add, in humanity in general. Book-It’s engaging Huck and Jim navigate the n-word | Theater review 2013-04-23T01:30:59Z But there’s no TV-star smugness on the Roots’ ninth studio album, “How I Got Over.” New From Roots, Travie McCoy, Jason Moran and Nina Nastasia 2010-06-20T23:48:00Z In Kavanaugh’s case, it encouraged years of proud obnoxious partying, belligerent public behavior and a smugness about being above the rules. ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Takes a Hard Look at the Supreme Court Justice and His Accusers 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z I like to laugh, too, and didn’t nearly as often as I had wished, not least because the gathering smugness to the piece works against Mr. Thompson’s excessively flogged point. Theater Review: Onstage in London, Works That Look Back in Time as They Move Forward 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z Your mother’s jaw-dropping act of smugness and hostility made her one of your significant deficits — grounds for Cleo to seek companionship elsewhere. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A poisoned relationship 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z What all his buffoons share is a misplaced smugness and blinding lack of self-awareness. A Comic on the Verge, His Absurdism on the Fly 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Now they're in government, the smugness is replaced with worry: things might be their fault. David Mitchell: are smug Apple users losing their cachet? 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z But outside in the field, all my fears about smugness prove entirely unfounded. Confessions of a Hay virgin 2010-06-01T06:59:00Z What saves it from smugness is the quality of the writing, the painstaking accuracy that makes the novel feel at once chunky and edited to within an inch of its life. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z His last film The Limits of Control was dire, reeking with supercilious smugness. Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive – first look review 2013-05-24T21:49:58Z As the couple in white, Rupert Pennefather and Sarah Lamb evince a witty, superior smugness. Chase the Dream; Tales of Beatrix Potter ? review 2010-12-26T00:05:16Z It’s one of the achievements of McBurney’s staging that he defanged this dichotomy — I heard no discernible laughter at the book’s misogynistic quips — by satirizing the men’s smugness. Review: Pulling Back the Curtain on ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z There is a great deal of smugness in all of this, and worse, a dangerous paternalism. Joyce Carol Oates’s Novel Plumbs the Depths of America’s Abortion War 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z There, intelligence is viewed as suspect and chastity weird; virtue as smugness, and saintliness a direct provocation. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z They deserve praise, not the long-winded academic smugness found here. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Scenes like this expose a smugness in the filmmaking that disdains its audience. Review: ‘Why Him?’ Better Yet, Why This Movie? 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Comey’s actual rectitude is complicated by his fixation on the appearance of rectitude, his homey decency by smugness. Review: ‘The Comey Rule’ and What a Fool Believes 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z They glance at the new boy with a practiced contempt — as if they'd majored in Sneering at Yale — and exude the smugness of people belonging to a club whose membership list is now closed. Dinner for Schmucks: Carell Goes Crazy 2010-07-29T21:35:00Z Mr. Quinn, with his contradictory blend of smugness and wounded pride, replies: “Well, I was just doing my job, fella. And I left of my own accord, I wasn’t forced out. Over the summer.” Review: ‘Cop Show,’ Colin Quinn’s Police Procedural Satire 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z 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 Reacting to Jeb Bush’s comment that Americans would not want “such a hothead with the nuclear codes,” Mr. Trump is seen rolling his eyes, raising his eyebrows, mocking surprise, feigning laughter and otherwise exuding smugness. Political GIFs Are the New Sound Bites This Campaign Season 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “In the way it’s performed, there’s a certain smugness to the actor. But comedy hates pretension. Comedy hates hypocrisy. And comedy hates smugness.” The Comedic Side of William Peter Blatty, the Author of ‘The Exorcist’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z I woke up feeling blue, with a sprinkling of self-doubt — meaning lunch called for comfort without too much effort, plus a dash of smugness. Egg cookery by emotional state: An essential guide 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In my youthful smugness, I pondered how I’d assertively handle a similar situation, how I’d stand up for myself and what I felt was the right thing to do. I shook hands with a Klansman 2013-03-10T13:00:00Z This all contributes to amusing enough stories, but there are insurmountable problems: a habit of digressing at ridiculous length; gags that don't work too well in bald print; and quite unbearable smugness. Why celebrity memoirs rule publishing 2010-12-13T07:59:00Z There’s also something to be said for postprandial smugness. Kitchari is easygoing Indian comfort food 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z For many disabled people, the film is rife with scenes of smugness; “Run, Forrest run!” became a taunt for people with learning disabilities. Disability can be funny – just get disabled people to make the jokes 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z There was concentrated smugness in that expression, tinged with a pugilist’s cruelty. Jon Stewart is right: How long will the media play Trump’s game? 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Bartenders ask customers their names and the beer styles they like or dislike, then make suggestions and pour beers in a conversation that steers clear of “smugness and pretentiousness,” Mr. Ross said. Last Call for the Beer Bar? 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Withers does cogently argue that in “The Wheels of Chance” Wells uses the bicycle to address a theme that recurs throughout his work: “humanity’s smugness regarding its own accomplishments, especially its technological ones.” Even in the 21st century, H.G. Wells still speaks to our fears and dreams 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z There's a captivating smugness to Doubleday; when she flirts, you see traces of Sue Lyon's Lolita. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z And a stridently fast-talking Mukhalian does little to humanize the woman’s venomous smugness, or lend some sincerity to her political stances — like her intense opposition to America’s looming Iraq war. At ArtsWest, ‘Third’ pits smug prof against thoughtful jock 2014-03-07T18:32:21Z Among the upstart Skrulls, Ben-Adir conveys the cockiness of a young firebrand, peppered with the smugness of a classic thriller villain. 'Secret Invasion' review: A closer look at Nick Fury and the Skrulls 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z My guess is that we liberals will continue to do silly things from time to time and that our silliness will be directly proportional to our smugness. Liberals, resist self-righteousness | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z With surgical precision and raucous glee, Row flays his characters and exposes their smugness. Review | ‘The New Earth’: A rich, timely novel about religion, politics and family 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Pseudo-intellectual smugness and moral cowardice apparently are necessary and sufficient prerequisites for DEI careers — there are many thousands of them — enforcing campus orthodoxies. Opinion | Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Philby pierced the smugness of a strict system, posing a threat to the deluded status quo with the possibility that one of its leading lights was not buying into their project. Loyalty and affection is threatened in ‘A Spy Among Friends’ 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z At Yale and Harvard, he encountered professors who “reigned as potentates, sure in the smugness of their positions, but utterly unaware of the lives of most Americans, including those that they professed to care about.” Review | Ron DeSantis’s scorn-filled book sets the tone for a potential campaign 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Though Caplan commits to the task with impeccable comedic timing, her character’s insights don’t do much to temper the smugness Eisenberg is so great at exuding, but which the series deploys too often. Review | ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ spends too much time with the wrong people 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The resurgence of authoritarian movements in what seemed to be solidly democratic nations and the deepening repression in China have wiped away any smugness. Review | A refreshing argument that democracy can be repaired — by us 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “Otherwise my classmates would say I’m stinking with smugness,” he said. So Square It’s Hip: Gen Z Tries on the Communist Cadre Look 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Right before signing the bill, there was a smugness about Newsom as he said, “I don’t want to say this is checkmate. But this is a major problem for the NCAA.” Commentary: With attack on UCLA's Big Ten move, Newsom conveniently forgets he pushed NIL domino 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The report also criticises a "culture of intellectual smugness which exists at the extremes of the political spectrum" of Labour opinion. Anti-Semitism used as factional weapon within Labour, says report 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z The judge appeared distinctly confused, and Graham's smugness was rather off-putting considering how much he was pushing a theocratic angle in the guise of condemning religious discrimination. A hearing overtaken by cranks: a dispiriting round-up of Republican criticisms of KBJ 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z So what was on offer for Mr. Poitier was being a middle-class guy who, to a degree, challenged White smugness.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In this context, however, the yawns seemed to convey not intimidation but full-bellied smugness. Mysteries of Ancient Egypt’s Sacred Baboons Revealed 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Can’t we dial back the sneering and the smugness, the venom and contempt? Perspective | 5 truths about dieting everyone can — or should — agree on 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z On Zoom, he was agreeable, but a tinge of clever smugness came through. 'The Enigmatist' creates a magical sense of togetherness at the Geffen Playhouse 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z That’s a lot of time for not a single usher to confront the smugness of a guy who assumed that the rules don’t apply to him. Live theater is an obstacle course, but 'Hamilton' at the Pantages is worth it 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In the process, they’ll also learn about the courageous Americans who rose up to right wrongs, to battle smugness, to challenge oppression and to include everyone in the magnificent “We” that opens our Constitution. Opinion | A progressive’s brand of patriotism 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z The Blue Devils have coursed on through accusations of smugness and won 1,097 games under Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in the sport’s history at 1,170. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski plans to retire after the 2021-22 college basketball season 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of smugness among you,” said Representative Bill Johnson, a Republican of Ohio. Lawmakers Grill Tech C.E.O.s on Capitol Riot, Getting Few Direct Answers 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z “That smugness was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Ray Appleton, who hosts a talk show on KMJ-AM in Fresno, told listeners last week. News Analysis: The pandemic helps fuel a long-shot effort to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z The only tell is their utter smugness as they stare through evidence of exponential infections, ICUs at capacity and skyrocketing death rates, and yet blithely go on trying to colonize your lungs. Perspective | The thoughtless husks who plunged this NFL season into chaos deserve a public shaming 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z “So much of the hatred of her was wrapped up in her femaleness. Insert adjective here – ‘coldness’, ‘aloofness’, ‘smugness’.” Cynthia Nixon: 'Will Donald Trump leave quietly? I don't know' 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z That smugness causes folks to petition Costco to bring back giant flat cakes for mass gatherings because a 10-incher is just not big enough. Perspective | Why are sports in trouble in the U.S.? Because we didn’t do the work. 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “Netanyahu is paying a political price for a decade of smugness,” he wrote. Israelis angry at Netanyahu over new outbreak, economic pain 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Though Hank Stuever did a great job of describing the ugly behavior of his subjects and offered clever cultural context, he succumbed to the very thing he’s disparaging: namely, smugness. Opinion | The world needs a villain, and in from central casting comes ‘Karen’ 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Yes, there was the tiniest degree of smugness about the environmental aspect of it; but more than anything it was freeing. Will social distancing kill the movement for a car-free future? 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Particularly if the smugness levels get too high. Families in lockdown feel the psychological tension 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z And that smugness caused MLB players to reject a more careful “bubble” model for returning to play because they didn’t want to be isolated for too long. Perspective | Why are sports in trouble in the U.S.? Because we didn’t do the work. 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z But perhaps some people could bear in mind that not everyone has those choices, and so chill on the social media smugness, just for now. Billionaires, please back off – we can't all self-isolate on a giant yacht 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z This is pregnancy and motherhood without serenity, without smugness, but given tenderly embodied form. Great expectations: art's struggle to depict pregnancy 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z "It's the smugness and condescension that we see from so many people in this business." Joe Concha on mockery of Trump supporters by CNN panel: This is why Trump won 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z There was a smugness about the Blair administration – remarked on by his own officials at the time – in its early dealings with the EU, which infuriated European leaders. Farewell Europe: the long road to Brexit 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Hillary Clinton, by contrast, epitomizes the dorky arrogance and smugness of the professional elite. Royal flush: Understanding the power of Donald Trump's toilet politics 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Young’s smugness didn’t help, nor did the device’s yellow color and funky design. The 84 biggest flops, fails, and dead dreams of the decade in tech 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The pitfalls of such a moment, when a group of shameless men sing about how handsome you are to thousands of people, are manifold: Arrogance, shyness, annoyance, smugness. The grace of Adam Scott, Presidents Cup team stalwart - Golf Digest 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z This sardonic approach is not without risks, and the movie’s polished surface, to my eye, bears a sheen of smugness. Pastiche and Politics in “Knives Out” 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z For a long time, the prevailing posture of the Silicon Valley élite was smugness bordering on hubris. Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z That contrast – between the brilliantly undemonstrative Leonard and the born-to-rule smugness of the Warriors – said a lot. How did the Golden State Warriors become the team no one likes? 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of that type of smugness going around — my least favorite human trait. That’s not a flower vase. That’s my margarita glass 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Fred might learn to loosen up, and his best friend, played by O’Shea Jackson Jr., manages to shoehorn in a lesson in liberal smugness, but his character still plays like a self-congratulatory archetype. Review | Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron as a couple are meant to be hilarious. But ‘Long Shot’ is really just immature. 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z After their recent visit with Ms. Feinstein, the Sunrise Movement tweeted that the California Democrat reacted with “smugness and disrespect.” Inside the Beltway: 77% of Democratic voters now lean socialist 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The group later accused her of reacting “with smugness + disrespect”. Hundreds of young protesters confront McConnell over Green New Deal 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The senator reacted “with smugness + disrespect”, the Sunrise Movement tweeted on Friday, sharing a video clip of the meeting. 'You didn't vote for me': California senator responds to young activists on Green New Deal 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Inherent in these performances is a horrible indie smugness. Baby one more crime: why guitar bands should stop covering pop 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The movie is still pretty silly, of course, but its sins — its fussiness, its preening pretension — are more forgivable than, say, ‘Suicide Squad’s’ useless nihilism, or ‘Deadpool’s’ acrid smugness.” Indie Focus: Pushing boundaries with ‘Glass,’ ‘Fyre’ docs and ‘La Religeuse’ 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “Particularly after the Cold War, you had this period of great smugness on the part of America and American élites thinking we got this all figured out.” George H. W. Bush’s Funeral Was the Corny, Feel-Good Moment That Washington Craves 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “Particularly after the Cold War, you had this period of great smugness on the part of America and American elites thinking we got this all figured out.” From Obama and Baker, a Lament for a Lost Consensus 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z And that smugness cannot help but infect and pervade the entire enterprise, not unlike the nasty web virus that gets unleashed en route to the movie’s climactic action spectacle. Review: It has wit and energy to burn, but 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' takes a cynical turn - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z There’s a sense of achievement, maybe some smugness, but there’s certainly no medal and nobody cheers. Yes, I ‘cheat’ at video games – it’s half the fun | Stephanie Munro 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Other young minds will see the popularity of these four siblings, and they’ll interpret the associated arrogance, smugness, and machismo as somehow instrumental to their success. The Logan Paul vs. KSI fight exposed an ugliness that’s older than YouTube 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Then there was the overt smugness of some commentators, as if Ms. Argento’s presumed fall from grace nullified the entirety of the #MeToo movement. Asia Argento Scandal Makes for Open Season on #MeToo in Italy 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z She writes, she has said, to root out her own smugness, self-righteousness and stupidity. Young Jean Lee’s Unsafe Spaces 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Not succumb to their two biggest weaknesses: boredom and smugness. NBA finals predictions: who will win ... and is the Cavaliers-Warriors era over? 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The egregious smugness and righteousness exemplified by both sides seem equally obnoxious to me. Opinion | Are Liberals Too Smug and Self-Righteous? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z During the debates she knew her stuff and was arguing with a buffoon, but rather than showing any fire she exhibited an irritating smugness. Opinion | ‘They Were Never Going to Let Me Be President’ 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z If someone handed out awards for smugness and insularity, California would take top honors. Trump v. California: The Biggest Legal Clashes 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Healing for American Southerners, who have long resented the unmerited smugness of Northern and Western hypocrites. Opinion | Racial segregation doesn’t just belong to the South. It belongs to all of us. 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z If either Mr Duque or Mr Petro wins, it will be because voters are fed up with mediocre economic growth and with the smugness that Mr Santos seems to represent. The contenders to succeed Colombia’s peacemaking president 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z What makes this play so appealing, rather than polemical, is the way Mr Norris also teases at some of the smugness of like-minded theatre goers. Adam Smith, unlikely hero of the stage 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s tone: When the loudest voices on the left talk about people on the right as either beyond the pale or dupes of their betters, it is with an air of barely concealed smugness. Opinion | When Smug Liberals Met Conservative Trolls 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z What would a rug have to do with smugness? Louisville Must Forfeit Basketball Championship Over Sex Scandal 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z And, sure, they’ve carried themselves with all the smugness of a team that knows it’s better than everyone else. Column: No cure for Patriot Fatigue, so savor the greatness 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z We don’t say that with relish, satisfaction or smugness. Alabama editorial roundup 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Not because of smugness that comes from wearing them in the hopes of being spotted by discerning and envious... A Craftsman’s Passion: American Jeans 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Stewart’s smugness was itself a form of trolling. Opinion | When Smug Liberals Met Conservative Trolls 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z “Get Out” would have made one kind of sense under a post-Obama Hillary Clinton administration, slapping at the smugness of American liberals still singing: “Ding dong, race is dead.” Jordan Peele’s X-Ray Vision 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Johnson fired back with a degree of smugness, saying, “You need a spot?” How the Travelers landed impressive field, the man behind Brooks and DJ and the call for shorter par 4s - Golf Digest 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z His partisanship is fierce and occasionally strident, but he doesn’t indulge in the smugness and condescension that are often characteristic of the muscular, progressive liberal. Opinion | Al Franken on Al Franken: from comic to (mostly) serious legislator 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Not because of smugness that comes from wearing them in the hopes of being spotted by discerning and envious eyes but in appreciation of the craft that has been elevated to the rarefied realm. A Craftsman’s Passion: American Jeans 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z But hold on to your smugness, Tesla owners. Sorry, Tesla owners, but your electric car isn’t as green as you think it is 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton, in particular, exemplified the “smugness of the professional elite”. In this new Gilded Age, robber barons are no longer the villains | Ian Jack 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Calling “Idiocracy” a documentary is one of those jokes about Donald Trump that was made constantly in the latter months of 2016 and now reeks of a certain strain of ineffectual liberal smugness. Mike Judge, the Bard of Suck 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Immigrants form an essential part of the local economy, and truth be told, they also offer relief from a monotonously white population that tends toward tolerance and leans toward smugness. My undocumented friend: Carlos does the work few in Vermont want to do 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z When I asked how much her company expected to sell it for, she shrugged and said, without smugness or irony: “Probably for hundreds of millions of dollars.” Toronto's buried history: the dark story of how mining built a city 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Not the cool, interesting nerd, who was an inventive misfit waiting to blossom, but more like the unsympathetic know-it-all who repelled everyone with his smugness, arrogance and almost frightening dearth of charm. What makes Trump advisor Stephen Miller so unlikeable? 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z How else can we have TV host and blancmange of smugness Piers Morgan boasting of his friendship with Donald Trump while declaring himself a feminist and a supporter of women’s rights? Patriarchy is the sea in which Trump and his sharks gather 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z First recorded in 1600, in 2017 “Hubby” is wrapped in “I have one, you don’t” smugness, a fast-forward to the kind of cosy resentment only 20 years of marriage can bring you. Totes annoying: words that should be banned 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In the second, he shifted his tone to smugness, congratulating them for, in effect, not going hard after Sessions. The Sessions Hearing’s Inconclusive First Day 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Audience will come for the entertainment but stay for the smugness. Stop calling them the alt-right: Conservative trolls deserve a name that fits (and it’s not Nazi) 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z I bought into the rhetoric, bought into the smugness, bought into the pollsters, who I think should be eliminated from the process.. 'black-ish' creator Kenya Barris on finding humor to heal following a 'shocking election' 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Hillary Clinton, writes Williams, “epitomises the dorky arrogance and smugness of the professional elite.” Is liberalism really to blame for Britain's (and America's) ills? 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Happily, it only takes a crude, blunderbussy kind of instrument to shatter such a fragile smugness—and if Mr. Trump and the phenomenon he represents are anything, it’s crude and blunderbussy. Green Elites, Trumped 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Consider again that unlovely image of the president-elect and Farage: their smugness, their schoolboy brio, their confidence that common sense has at last prevailed. Brexit meets Trumpism: the malign new force spanning the Atlantic | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The frog face has gone through thousands of user-made Internet incarnations, expressing rage, smugness, violence, happiness, coolness and, most notably, sadness. Pepe the Frog's Creator: He Was Never About Hate. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z However, there is something entirely different about hearing the slimy, grasping over-eagerness in his tone with Bush, his smugness and complete nonchalance about women’s personal space and agency. When it comes to character, trust your ears | David Ferguson 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He does suggest, however, that Twitter’s November 2013 IPO did seem to inject some kind of smugness into the ranks of Twitter senior management. If Twitter is up for sale, what will potential suitors get for $15bn? 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Last year’s breakthrough wins for “Transparent,” “Orange Is the New Black,” Viola Davis and Regina King added a solemnity to the proceedings, and, in the face of the #Oscarssowhite campaign, perhaps a little smugness. Jimmy Kimmel's confident Emmys performance was in sync with TV's new bold age 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z But walking among the tourists earlier this year, I was filled with both smugness and sadness. The gentrification of Washington DC: how my city changed its colours 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The Syrian dictatorship made no attempt to conceal the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt from its people, and indeed spoke of them openly, with a certain smugness. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z These buzzwords can serve as a helpful shorthand for discussing complicated dynamics of identity, history and power, but the smugness that ’80s liberals detected in their ranks can be spied here, too. How ‘Political Correctness’ Went From Punch Line to Panic 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Influence was to be, as its very first edition declared, “the must-read crib sheet for Washington’s influence class,” with news of developments on K Street done up in tones of sycophantic smugness. The worst DC has to offer: Influence is a paean to Washington greed and corruption 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z "I want you to really play up the smugness right now," one judge asked an auditioner. Singers vie to play Shkreli, America's 'most-hated man', in musical 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z They find Oakland’s inferiority complex – as “the Town” – is matched by a certain smugness among wealthy residents of San Francisco, “the City”. Clinton victorious in Puerto Rico – but Sanders isn't quitting | The daily briefing 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z But Oakland’s inferiority complex is matched by a certain smugness by San Francisco’s increasingly wealthy residents. As Warriors' San Francisco move looms, Oakland feels 'insulted' and abandoned 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z “Politically correct” was born as a lefty in-joke, an insidery nod to the smugness of holier-than-thou liberals. How ‘Political Correctness’ Went From Punch Line to Panic 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s funny, but a lingering sense of smugness resides. Chris Martin: Coldplay singer, philanthropist … and comedian? 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The first caller, voice rising to the level of a shriek, badgered me for my “arrogance” and “smugness.” We must shame dumb Trump fans: The white working class are not victims 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Given the FCC's strong track record with net neutrality, Wheeler's casual sarcasm shouldn't be mistaken for smugness. FCC chairman Tom Wheeler praises Comcast as it moves away from set-top boxes 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z All that said, conservatives shouldn’t be too smug about liberal smugness, because some of us show signs of it too. Smug Alert 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Look closely at what many journalists write about artificial intelligence – from AlphaGo’s triumph at the ancient Chinese board game Go to Microsoft’s accidentally racist Twitter bot – and you might detect some smugness. AI is already making inroads into journalism but could it win a Pulitzer? 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise that he’s won the BBC Sound of 2016 poll and Critic’s Choice at the Brits, but to his credit there is no element of coffee-table smugness in his performance. Unearthly wails, Chvrches cheese and a fleeting Ghostface Killah haunt SXSW 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Before the smugness sets in, it’s worth asking: what’s our poison? Arsenic was their poison – we have tobacco, guns and sugar | David Shariatmadari 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z He’s a good foil for Winstead, but at times it’s hard to not see the smugness of Jim Harper seeping into what is otherwise intended to be a blue-collar, Louisiana local boy. 10 Cloverfield Lane is a fantastic reminder of why the mystery box works 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z There's a potentially toxic smugness to the entire film, as Deadpool smirks and swaggers through a long, eventually wearying series of creative executions. Deadpool: no rules, no consequences, lots of dick jokes 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z He warns against pride, hypocrisy and smugness in the Church. In new book, Pope Francis explains vision of compassionate Church 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z How much filmgoers enjoy it may depend on how much they enjoy the mixture of smugness and naivete in a college sophomore. Michael Moore loses his way in the optimistic 'Where to Invade Next' 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z His eyes sparkled as they met his wife’s, and they exchanged a glance of what seemed to me insufferable smugness. Harper Lee: my Christmas in New York 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z “Swedes are known for their smugness,” he joked. The Doomsday Invention 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z And our smugness about these matters is "what you get when you raise an entire generation without spanking." Millennials Aren't the Lazy Narcissists You Think 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Or smugness: He will regret the decision to intervene. How America can counter Putin’s moves in Syria 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Instead, leave a “Don’t worry about the weather forecast and try to enjoy yourself!”-style comment to induce anxiety and dial down their smugness. Facebook etiquette – some simple guidelines 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Smugness—but deserved smugness, so suitable to our times. Back to School 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z There was a definite sense of inevitability about Bieber’s fall from grace in 2013, and, let’s be honest, a not so quiet sense of smugness when it happened. Justin Bieber's resurrection: how the pop star made a spectacular return 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z George Clooney - just the right blend of smugness, self-confidence, and good looks. Premier League fans’ verdicts part 1: Arsenal to Manchester United 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z When I did finally approach Brooks’ column it was with the usual sense of dread; I was particularly not in the mood for his well-established self-satisfaction, his pompousness, his condescension wrapped in smugness. The cult of white liberal race-deniers: David Brooks’ letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates shows race denying at its worst 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z What is worse, though, is the corollary to Trump’s smugness: his open disdain for people who aren’t fortunate. Trump and the Art of the War Hero 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The classic shot of thighs on a sunlounger, with sparkling blue water beyond, has got everything: narcissism, thinly disguised body issues, smugness masquerading as appreciation of blessings. Lift selfies, lobster porn and pool feet: how Instagram redefined the summer 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Even more, it is to develop a respect for the past that takes some edge off the smugness of the present. Why We Need to Protect Ancient Treasures from ISIS 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The Iraq debacle might be the downside to a candidate with nothing to lose – a smugness that leads to poor preparation. The 2016 Republican Presidential Field Is Crowded, Not Deep 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z She will never be able to match him in smugness or charm. Hillary Clinton and Sidney Blumenthal's Email Problem 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Ultimately, though, Orlandersmith remains married to her anger, which she wears as a sort of badge that also broadcasts her occasional smugness as a survivor. A Monologue for Mama 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z On Twitter everyone’s a cynic, a gloomy mob whose smugness rages against topics in direct proportion to their popularity. Mad Men vs. cynical man 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Everything about his presentation is terrible: the unwelcome plug, the fact the app hasn't even launched yet, and Jordan's pathological smugness, which emerges every time he shrugs off the palpable disdain from the Harmontown crew. Yahoo won't let Community die, no matter how hard Dan Harmon tries to kill it 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z In the face of a fast changing, hostile, intractable world, this report is serene to the point of smugness. Does the West have the will to stop Russia? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “As a Yankees fan, I can well understand Judge Cabranes’s views,” he said, “since the smugness of Southern District judges, like the Yankees of old, is exceeded only by the jealousy of their rivals.” Judges Playfully Dispute Whether New York’s Federal Court Is the Oldest 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z He adds: "The bogeyman for each club seemed obvious and to lie at the opposite end of the M62: an unbearable smugness at all-conquering Liverpool, and a perceived arrogance at underachieving United. " Man Utd v Liverpool: Best of enemies 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There’s a smugness that abides in these arguments, which benefit from the conflation of audacity with veracity. No Such Thing as Racial Profiling 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The smugness of some of these comments that suggest a "you are the 'other' and therefore should not enjoy our privileges" is sickening. Traveling While Arab 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “We’ve been there so much,” he added, with what some might consider smugness. 250 Miles Apart on Map, but Paths Far From Same 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z But losing any smugness, he said he was more worried about his wife’s imprisonment than his own. ‘Housewives’ stars shocked to be facing prison 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z But losing any smugness, he said he was more worried about his wife's imprisonment than his own. 'Housewives' stars shocked to be facing prison 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z There's smugness, of course, and a gratifying sense of laying down one's virtual tools after a horribly long shift. Should holiday email be deleted? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z And no one likes Tuesdays as they’re nowhere near the weekend and have a smugness about them. The sinner’s top 10 guide to happiness 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Abbott's smugness – and his apparent faith in partisanship as a permissible and distinct form of discrimination – will take center stage as the DoJ presses on with both suits. Voter ID's last stand: let's finally declare laws what they are – racist on purpose 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Probably the main reason people abandon the practice, or never even try, is the unutterable smugness of yoga bunnies. I'm with Father O'Baoill – yoga is a deeply unsavoury activity 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z There is no room for smugness on the left. Tory fundraising parties are a sad sight. Are rightwing people more uncultured? 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Contemplating Brazil's experiences four years later, there is more than a hint of smugness among officials here. South Africa's World Cup advice to Brazil 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Forstall was never bad, but he carried a certain smugness on stage, a tendency made worse by controversial releases like Siri and Apple Maps. Apple Execs Ranked by Their Keynote Performances 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z His smile did little to hide the smugness of a man who gets the last laugh. Malaysia's Newest Billionaire's Mints Money From Reclaiming Land And Selling Dreams 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z True, his length in office may have bred a certain smugness—his decade in office rivals Indira Gandhi’s long rule. Man out of time 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z But he could be talking about the dueling civic levels of smugness. San Francisco hate Seattle? It just doesn’t make sense 2014-01-17T03:24:19Z Not out of smugness or a perverse wish for it to fail, but because nobody wants it to fail. Could the Internet Become a Failed Technology? 2014-01-07T14:04:38Z "Perhaps people should be grateful that they are being written to at all. It's time to bear the annual show of smugness." 10 common Christmas card dilemmas 2013-12-16T03:06:32Z That was the gist of what Cutler was trying to say through the smugness. Haugh: Smug Cutler still Bears' best choice 2013-12-13T03:09:00Z The Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, said the German economy was "a source of pride" - but he felt compelled to add "not smugness". Germany: Europe's indispensable power 2013-06-25T00:35:14Z Indeed, this was more stupid than it was racial, a juvenile attempt to upstage Woods for his continuing smugness about beating Garcia earlier this month when Garcia self-destructed in the Players Championship. Column: Garcia will pay dearly for Tiger remarks 2013-05-22T22:23:13Z I’d just like for us to wipe the smugness off our faces, the certainty from our headlines, the recriminations from our thinking. The perils of hindsight judgment 2013-05-01T21:45:00.207Z However, there seems to be a propensity among the most devoted members and leaders of churches, old and new, to conclude in their smugness that they have all of the answers. How to pick a pope (or any church leader) 2013-03-12T17:00:00Z But my smugness was soon dented when a French journo arrived wearing the exact same thing, and then an Italian PR in the same blouse in a different colourway. How Zara took over the high street 2013-02-16T09:00:00Z As my team – the Tooting Torpedoes – disrobed in the changing area, I allowed myself a small throb of smugness. The very Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido 2013-01-28T11:48:00Z But there is a smugness and lassitude to the party right now, an absence of creative new policy thinking, a tendency to defend corroded industrial-age welfare and entitlement programs. Joe Klein: Obama's Second Chance 2013-01-10T13:35:33Z The notion of being in a relationship as a measure of success and the smugness with which some couples view singles is absurd. Readers' stories of being single 2012-11-13T11:30:10Z What some might have seen as smugness– which Biden kept under wraps while debating Sarah Palin four years ago — could rankle swing voters. Biden, Ryan Clash in Aggressive Vice Presidential Debate 2012-10-12T05:05:28Z The smooth certainty of the right is just as unattractive as the moral smugness of the left There is something by now familiar, even reassuring, about what happens in my church every third summer. God and Gays 2012-07-16T12:00:01Z But when I think back to the smugness of those well-fed, unaccountable, untaxed Eurocrats, I am not surprised at their aloofness in still wanting to inflict their dogma on hapless Greece and Spain. The euro gets off scot-free in this debacle – just like the black rat 2012-06-07T19:40:01Z Allow Canada a moment of uncharacteristic smugness, having done rather nicely in weathering the financial crisis as a result of its habit of sensible policy choices. G-8 or G-Zero? Why the West No Longer Sets the Global Agenda 2012-05-18T09:15:00Z Like other European pockets of wealth — Monaco springs to mind — Luxembourg exudes smugness in its smallness, and a velvety well-being. Letter from Europe: Lessons From a Russian Oligarch 2012-05-04T13:20:07Z And what’s worse, now that I’m a parent, I realize internal smugness isn’t so internal. Moms Judge Other Moms, But One Says She's Sorry 2012-03-17T05:35:38Z Round the door loitered and chattered three strangers--stout, well-armed fellows, whose bearing suggested a curious mixture of smugness and independence. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Against this scientific dogmatism in matters intellectual and spiritual, and against a sort of bleak smugness in matters moral and social, the young idealists of the eighteen-nineties rebelled. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z A sleek living-room set for Edward Albee’s “The Lady from Dubuque” suggests a chilly smugness about to be shattered. Gehry Banishes Off-Broadway’s Dreariness With Signature Center 2012-02-27T15:35:13Z The higher driving position gives you some of the cachet – smugness, even – for which you normally have to pay considerably more. On the road: Kia Soul 1.6 CRDi auto ? review 2012-02-10T22:59:16Z Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm. Narcissists Know They're Obnoxious, But Love Themselves All the Same 2011-10-27T08:21:43Z But our smugness was short lived: we were no better off. Nocturnalist: A Trump Family Reunion at an Andrea Bocelli Concert - Nocturnalist 2011-09-17T04:25:24Z Wharto15, Twitter "I saw him at a gig once, and even offstage he was exuding an aura of creepy molesty smugness." Online commenting: the age of rage 2011-07-23T23:04:08Z This I conjectured from a smugness assumed by his face, such as it always acquired when he had carried a point against me—which was not often. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z With a smugness that smacked of delusion, Buchanan took credit for making Kansas "tranquil and prosperous." Who's the worst president of them all? 2011-02-21T12:30:00Z There was a smugness—but no, I won't think of it. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Every day of further absence from England, our England, increased that delicious sub-conscious smugness. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z Morgan played the interview as two Brits made good in the States, and the air of self-satisfaction – which Morgan wears like aftershave – sometimes threatened to reach levels of suffocating smugness. Rewind TV: Britain's Banks; 10 O'Clock Live; Question Time; Piers Morgan Tonight; Hattie 2011-01-23T00:04:14Z Other side effects include unjustifiably elevated bonuses, smugness and an inability to pronounce the word “sorry.” Goldman Should Withdraw Greece’s Euro Swap Dodge: Mark Gilbert 2011-01-13T00:06:13Z But let’s think of them as being above smugness. NYC: Here?s a Way to Lengthen Men?s Lives 2010-09-03T03:20:00Z I also found the arrogance and smugness of the dopers to be quite provocative. Cycling Fans Root for Dopers to Get Caught 2010-07-23T21:53:00Z Shrouded in smugness, off I went to Newbury, where I allowed myself a single line on the Jackpot, which had been rolling over for days. Claims Five: Bad betting tales 2010-05-14T12:19:00Z As inventors of the sport, the British can be condescending and uninformed about the game in the United States, viewing American soccer with the same smugness that the United States might view English baseball. On Soccer: U.S. Gets Closer to Winning at England?s Game 2010-05-05T17:24:00Z On the upper tier of the Premier League smugness has already ceased to be an immediate danger since there is no English club in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Capello set to give Johnson England call 2010-04-14T23:05:00Z I don't have any Mac smugness about it – it seems pretty good, but then I have never used a PC. Martin Freeman: 'I hate the fact that so much of our life is computerised' 2010-03-28T06:00:00Z And like many other viewers, I also get a sense of smugness by looking at an out-of-control house. Shortcuts: Clutter and How to Get Rid of It 2010-03-26T19:56:00Z He hated, now, every phase of a decent suburban smugness. The Bright Shawl He was still perturbed, but his desperate agitation had passed; there was even a certain smugness about him. The Deaves Affair If I can't reach you in any other way, perhaps insult will jar you out of your state of moral smugness. The Ethical Engineer National smugness and conceit, the impatience crystallized in the phrase, "What have we got to do with abroad?" have jarred upon the nerves of many cultivated Americans. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Yes, there was something about that bodice, those teeth, that tongue, that hair, something about her, which seemed to challenge the whole system of his ideas, all his philosophy, self-satisfaction, seriousness, smugness, and general invincibility. A Great Man A Frolic These, on the other hand, half expecting that simplicity and domesticity may have some virtue, speak superciliously of middle-class smugness and the bourgeois "home." Introduction to the Science of Sociology There was, too, a curious smugness, a secret complacency. Heart of the Blue Ridge For these latter show by their base smugness and their narrow professional limitations that this is the right element for them: against which there is nothing to be said. On the Future of our Educational Institutions And for a wild moment his sore heart flamed again at Jimsy's revolutionizing intrusion into the quiet smugness of his life. Jimsy The Christmas Kid His most remarkable though his least brilliant poems are his irregular and fiery protests against smugness and hypocrisy. Modern British Poetry And the Greek professor stared at Frazer's gauche movements with a grim smugness that indicated, "Quite the sort of thing I expected." The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Nowhere is smugness of mind more deadly than in journalism. If You Don't Write Fiction People growing old are condemned for prejudice, smugness, hostility to progress, to the purposes and enthusiasms of youth; but this attitude is due to aging glands alone, all things being equal. Black Oxen Nor should there be any room in it for professional smugness, small jealousies, and undue concern about privilege. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 He frowned again, this time at Auguste Comte's smugness, and looked at his watch. A Son of the Immortals It’s the face of terror peering through a heavy mask of smugness, and it was dreadful to see it looking up at me.... The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle In short, so long as you keep moving toward something worth attaining, there is nothing to worry about but how to keep from relapsing into smugness or idleness. If You Don't Write Fiction But to me there is a smugness about such a village, which has become the hobby, the by no means selfish or unenlightened hobby, of a single man, which does much to temper my enjoyment. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland He had abandoned research in order to make Marjorie rich and to surround her with luxury and smugness. Personality in Literature A kind of shame stole into his pale, flabby face, all the smugness and complacence gone, and he a poor wretch in the hands of his accusers. A Voice in the Wilderness It was then that the true Estabrook went tearing up through the crust of custom, manners, traditions, egotism, smugness, and self-love. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle She offsets the smugness of the time in which she lived with her cheery impertinence, and startles the present with her uncommon gifts. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Religion, hypocrisy, smugness, plausibility; these were the commonest counterfeit qualities of criminals; not dignity, worth, and pride. The Hand in the Dark Occasionally men now married, and living dully content in the prim suburban smugness of Pelham or New Rochelle, boasted of past friendship with her, wagging their heads doggishly. Gigolo It runs monotonously to ready explanations, a somewhat infantile smugness and hopefulness, a habit of reducing the unknowable to terms of the not worth knowing. A Book of Prefaces It was not a smile of smugness or conceit, but rather of honest satisfaction. Treachery in Outer Space Herbert, in the next pew, in church, and Henry in the next beyond that, were perfect compositions in smugness. Gentle Julia The ankylosis of artistic smugness is no new thing. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters And always there was a certain snugness, perhaps even smugness, about the rooms. The Good Comrade Looking back, I see its intolerable narrowness, its petty smugness. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman It soon falls asleep again, dulled into torpor by the fumes of its own intolerant smugness. The Quest of the Simple Life But, is there not just a faint suggestion of smugness in her mien? Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned A big sleeping-car autocrat, in the smugness and false security of a fat run, is going to err. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers He wore a Hindoo robe, let his beard grow like a Yogi ... was irritated with the unimaginative, self-seeking smugness of the grown-ups. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative I was at a loss for a word to describe the room—the smugness parading as professional Bohemianism. The Inheritors Still smug, she was now of a glorified smugness. Christopher and Columbus Folly and freedom are better far than smugness and persecution. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors They are inimical to smugness and to complacent satisfaction. The Purple Heights Claire discovered that there was just as much heartlessness, and greed, and middle-class smugness among these people as there was in any other walk of life. The Blood Red Dawn The smugness of his self-complacency, his life-long hypocrisy in the shirking of truth, are broken up. The Soul of the War "He said so many things—" And again she lapsed into contemplation; into, thought Mr. Twist as he gazed jealously at her profile, an ineffable, ruminating, reminiscent smugness. Christopher and Columbus A personality with a touch of smugness in it. The Cruise of the Jasper B. She had walked round where her father could see her, as she delivered herself of this speech so redolent of the fumes of collegiate smugness. The Conflict They HADn't a low mind—nor any approach to one; yet incontestably they had worked, and with a certain smugness, on a basis that might be turned against them. The Ambassadors The hypocritical smugness of the English makes my blood boil. The Voyage Out He would have sought her out simply from the instinct to protest against the smugness of Salem opinion. Java Head It shocks and jars and gives one's smugness a pain in the middle. The Sisters-In-Law It seemed to her that Mr. Skellorn and the cottages mysteriously resembled each other in their primness, their smugness, their detestable self-complacency. Hilda Lessways Some villages and farms suggest smugness in their prosperity. October Vagabonds He lost all his smugness, and his eyes began to stare at me, and his lips grew whiter as they struggled to utter the cries for mercy which choked back. The Cinema Murder Go to London, E.C., and you will find the same, plus smugness. At the Sign of the Eagle Anything is better than smugness," "It's made you different enough from these others, all right. The Sisters-In-Law "Our regular price," and you catch a sneer beneath the smugness of the Voice. Roast Beef, Medium You have shown signs of smugness, a quality which I detest. The Evil Shepherd His being, a mixture of smugness and unashamed aggressiveness, very much excited her. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein I hate the smugness of London, especially the smugness of the anti-smug anti-bourgeois radicals, so that I have the finest mad mood! Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man There were both earnestness and tenderness in his tones—the smugness of the physician was gone. The Landloper Their sense of their unusual importance pushed through the smugness heavily, like a bulky man in broadcloth showing through a dull crowd. In the Wilderness My father had not the smallest conceit or smugness, but he had a little child-like vanity. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One The Honorable Chaffee, be it admitted, had no particular faults, unless those of smugness and a certain over-carefulness as to his own prospects and opportunities can be counted as such. The Titan It was a babel of blatant self-consciousness, a miniature of the parvenu smugness that had spread like wild-fire over the country after a period of need and low spirits. The Rise of David Levinsky Round the door lounged three strangers—stout, well-armed fellows, whose bearing, as they loitered and chattered, suggested a curious mixture of smugness and independence. Under the Red Robe "You're very right," he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs. The Titan |
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