Now I am in the undertaking, my amour propre and my reputation are concerned in its success; and I shall take care that collaborateurs of whose company I am not ashamed are in the same boat.
Lydia's 'amour propre' was wounded in an incurable manner by that revelation of her own peculiarity.
Moreover, even if Florent's sister could have heard those words, they would not have sufficed to heal the wound which the first ones had made in the most sensitive part of her 'amour propre'!
Was it not she who had chosen, the better to poison those terrible letters, phrases the most likely to strike the betrayed lover in the most sensitive part of his 'amour propre'?
In this way I obtained many healthy notions for the guidance of my own conduct, and at the same time I fully satisfied his legitimate amour propre.
Remember that you have wounded many an amour propre by disappointing the pretensions of the dowry-hunters.
And all this love of hers is the offended pride of a woman who would overcome her supposed rival; all her love is exalted amour propre, is a monstrous egoism.
For her I represent an immense disillusion of amour propre, a defeat of her egoism, a real sentimental rout.
Nevertheless, believe me, this adoration is composed entirely of egoism, of amour propre, and jealousy.
But I will confess to you that my modesty is nothing less than a secret, but immense, amour propre.
I think, however, that my amour propre as a composer has a great deal to do with it.
How the composer took this decision, what he felt and thought of it, we can only guess from our knowledge of his susceptible artistic amour propre.
The Chinese amour propre as a nation is hurt by the enforced entry of the drug.
How can I preserve myamour propre when I must needs be for ever wheedling and cajoling a despot with delicate meats and soft couches?
I suffer from such a savage amour propre that I fear to enter the lists with a man I dislike on account of the mental anguish I should suffer if he worsted me.
I was quite di orientated, temporarily thrown off the balance of my amour propre.
How one wonders that commonplace, uninteresting people should have any amour propre--should love those insipid selves of theirs at all!
Literary hatreds the author supposed were even more tenacious than political animosities, seeing the former have their root in amour propre, and the latter simply in principles.
I wounded his amour propre; again because of putting him in my book; the number of enemies my dramatic talent has made me is incalculable!
Miss Nightingale's strong feeling in this matter was not caused, as a hasty, prejudiced, or uncharitable judgment might suggest, by wounded amour propre.
My amour propre keeps on suggesting to me that Gwen may be of sound mind.
My strong common sense replies that my amour propre may be blowed!
That is very likely--pride and amour propre, and that sort of thing!
Lucilla was not a person to hide her sentiments, or even to conceal a fact which was disagreeable to her amour propre.
And then it was only a new dress to Rose, whereas to Barbara it was a supreme effort of passion and ambition and jealousy and wounded amour propre.
The Major never opened his mouth, nor Thalcave, whose amour propre, as an Indian, seemed quite wounded by having allowed himself to go on a wrong scent.
However, he argued and disputed the point with all the amour propre of a geographer, but his reasoning made no impression.
Speak, for our amour propreis wounded to the quick!
It is not goodness in me; it is only amour propre.
I repeat, Madame, I do not believe the king is in love with Mademoiselle de la Valliere; and the proof that I do not believe it is, that I was about to ask you whose amour propre it is likely the king is desirous of wounding?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amour propre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
