How to Use arrogance in a Sentence

arrogance

noun

• We were shocked by the arrogance of his comments.
• Her arrogance has earned her a lot of enemies.
• Barack Obama came across to his foes as the principle of arrogance.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
• Kudos are also due Christian Probst as a prince without a drop of royal arrogance.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024
• The arrogance of Grant’s response played a role in the tone of the debate.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021
• There was good and bad, arrogance and greed, on both sides.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
• That’s the kind of arrogance that can hurt Dallas at some point.
  — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
• In the end, Watt was undone by the arrogance of the true believer.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• His sin was more of hubris and arrogance than of lost money.
  — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• There’s also arrogance at work here, at least in the Alamo.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• The theme, about the arrogance of tech, is abundantly clear.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
• Cole had a 97-mile-per-hour fastball, a sharp slider, and a bit of arrogance the scouts all loved.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• But that was almost 40 years ago and arrogance seems to be back.
  — David Morse, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
• Leaders' arrogance and envy doomed the Pac-12 What's changed the most?
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• For the first time, the Commanders' voices are chipped of some of their arrogance.
  — refinery29.com, 30 May 2018
• In our house, there was great disdain for wealth and arrogance.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
• His students still have time to age out of such arrogance, the film implies.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
• Zeffirelli has both the arrogance and charm of youth, and persuades an army of young people to join him.
  — Douglas Greenwoo, Vogue, 13 July 2021
• Talk to him and point out how his arrogance will only hurt himself and others in the long run.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 24 July 2022
• His few words can come across as arrogance for those who aren’t around him every day.
  — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• All this on top of the serious and reckless arrogance that could have harmed your dog.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Her voice is strong but it is buoyed by resolve, not arrogance.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2021
• That source also said that there was some arrogance at play.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2024
• But there’s no way of getting around it: The arrogance is both earned and appealing.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
• And, like it or not, UF is the flagship university in this state with the most fans, the most money and, of course, the most arrogance.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2021
• But this place has a way of humbling those who approach it with such arrogance.
  — Paul Newberry, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• So who has the vision, the resources and maybe the arrogance to want to be our scientific God?
  — Scott Galloway For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
• The arrogance of one sister is completely over the top and the hurt and betrayal of the other is far too deep.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
• The arrogance this instills in the 33-year-old founder is palpable.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• Now consumers risk acting with the same sense of arrogance.
  — Alain Sylvain, Quartz at Work, 1 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025