| The air of petulant self-preoccupation, the arrogantly sensitive beauty, the mannered, disdainful lyricism. |
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| In his treatment of Edmond's Wellington Letter this self-preoccupation reaches a new high-water mark. |
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| Both poets began with the same ingredients: self-preoccupation and an instinctive response to nature. |
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| After the self-preoccupation of some other directors, he was refreshing and endearing. |
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| Do not get side-tracked by self-indulgence, self-preoccupation, or exhibitionism. |
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| The Williams sisters annoy some people with their self-preoccupation. |
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| I'm going to switch my self-preoccupation for being preoccupied with my friends. |
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| Self-focus, self-preoccupation, and the like do not automatically spell an enlargement of one's general self-knowledge. |
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| Self-preoccupation creates an ego that is at once overinflated, insatiable and overly sensitive. |
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