Women in all walks of life, rich and poor, wise and frivolous, selfish and unselfish--are refusing to bear children.
It is the not having been here that has been the cruellest of all to him, and he has not been selfishabout it.
Is it not selfish to think of nothing but our anxiety?
And the way she acted afterwards certainly did not seem as if she were selfish or scheming.
The selfish instincts will come into play and will baulk our political object, while a great increase of physical suffering must be inevitable.
Though pretty and clever, she is selfish and a screw.
As if it were possible for a wife to contend against a selfish husband, at once sharp-witted and blunt-hearted!
What I said was only nonsense--of course I am glad--, I should be a very selfish fellow were I not rejoiced to hear anything which is so apparently to your happiness and advantage.
Still she was far less affected by any selfish interested consideration, than by the shock her inherent principles and preconceived ideas upon the subject had received.
Some of the works he sold were published and annotated by great scholars, some were jealously guarded in the libraries of rich amateurs, who treasured them with all the selfish vigilance of the bibliomaniac.
Her suffering was not the selfish pain of wounded vanity, for Giovanni's despair would have healed such a wound by showing her the strength of his passion.
I am a selfish brute--selfish to the last beat of my heart, to the inmost essence of my every thought.
Even his duplex costume seemed to have grown subtly symbolical, the diabolical part typical of all that is bestial and selfish in man, the death-mask speaking silently of renunciation and the peace of the tomb.
But neither could she submit to her present fate without attempting to make Raymond understand his selfish folly.
It may be selfish of me to consider her before the rest of these old people--but it is natural, George!
Gran'pa winced at her selfish way of viewing his misfortune.
It was grossly selfish to ask a man who had already gone through so much for their sakes to give up his well earned rest, to face hardships and dangers again, and to postpone his marriage with the woman he loved.
Ruthie, the trouble is not with me, it lies with those selfish and obstinate newspaper men.
I didn't have the least idea of coaxing those other girls to go, for every one knows they are selfish and will do as they please; but I did think you would keep me company.
Excess of government variably defeats itself by driving away those to be governed.
Amelia would not be so selfish to envy me that pleasure.
Ordinary writers and ordinary readers have never been quite content to admit that bravery and braggadocio can go together, that the man of honour may be a selfish pedant.
It is impossible to suppose in such men a selfish or sordid regard to their own interests, and we solemnly disclaim the intention of imputing such.
It was a selfish and secretive face, and just at present it was a very self-satisfied one as it turned towards the fair scene beyond the casement.
I am only thankful that you did not suffer more from my selfish cowardice.
And so the two selfish ones had got the unselfish one between them, one pulling gently, the other pushing quietly, but both without intermission.
And the strung nerves gave way, and tears gushed over the hot cheeks, as she clung to her father, and tried to turn the current of her despised love and bestow it all on that selfish old noodle.
Despair and unselfishness are evil counselors in a scheming, selfish world.
At twelve o'clock selfish Abner started to walk thirty miles to Mr. Meredith's.
I know that what I say must sound selfish and inconsiderate.
On the top of this, however, came less selfish feelings.
You gave up the man you loved for that selfish girl.
I think she is just as superlatively selfish as you do, and I also think she treats her invalid mother shamefully, but you know we can't go around this world telling everyone just what we think of them.
Perhaps the panic in her heart had been caused by selfish reasons.
Charles, listening attentively, now realized how truly selfish the girl was.
The woman's eyes narrowed as she looked at the hard, selfish face which nevertheless was beautiful in a cold way.
There was a note of sorrow in the weary voice that did not escape the attention of the selfish girl.
I will do him justice and say he is a man of capacity; he talks well and is good company; but he is false and selfish as the devil; he looks like a fox, his deceitfulness can be read in his eyes.
If England persist in maintaining a neutral, passive, selfish part, she will have to expiate it.
If England persist in maintaining this neutral, passive, selfish part, she will have to expiate it.
The cosmos of the selfish man or woman is practically this--Myself the centre of the universe, and all things else are near or remote, of value or otherwise, in accordance with their value and interest to me.
But, with the infatuation of a selfish nature and imperious will, he muttered: "Curse them!
A strong but wholly selfish character cannot blend by giving and taking, and thus becoming modified into something different and better.
Poor people are, as a general thing, just as unfeeling and selfish as rich people, and stand no better chance of heaven.
One dollar spent unselfishly brought more real pleasure than thousands parted with in the pursuit of merely selfish gratification.
I think they are, generally, more unfeeling and selfish than poor people.
I am very fond of having my own way,' said I, 'but utterly selfish I am not, as I dare say I shall frequently prove to you.
These would seem to take it for granted that we shall fall short of victory, and hence that selfish retaliative or vindictive practices between nations, sanctioned by imperialism, will continue to flourish after the war.
A discussion as to whether or not his attitude is unpatriotic andselfish is futile.
But perhaps he was rather spoilt too, though in a different way from me, and I, as I have said, was very selfish indeed.
I was fidgeting dreadfully to see Evey again, and I think one of my first real "tries" at not being selfish was doing my best not to tease mamma about when we should go, and worrying her all day long to fix the exact day and hour.
They make me think more of Heaven--and they make me dreadfully sorry for all the naughty selfish thoughts and feelings I have had.
I wonder if really I have been selfish when I was so wanting to be unselfish.
In my heart I did feel tenderly for mamma about her lost children; but I was so selfish that whatever came before me, even for a moment, annoyed me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "selfish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
