How to Use ego in a Sentence

ego

noun

• I have enough ego not to want to give up easily in any contest or competition.
• But love can also be a blow to the ego, a punch to the gut, and a pain in the ass.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2023
• This wasn’t the kind of event that bruised your ego if you were turned away at the door.
  — Jessica Hoppe, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2023
• Life’s too short to read books for the sake of ego or endurance.
  — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 11 Oct. 2022
• This denial of ego is echoed in the structure of the business as well.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
• The artists were battling for their own ego, but also to grow the art form.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 6 May 2024
• As usual, Scott Boras’ ego has gotten in the way of the truth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• So if Ben had an idea or Matt had an idea, there was no ego.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• When a man’s ego is threatened, the whole universe seems to hang in the balance.
  — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• That left the red team to return to the mansion with bruised egos — and bodies.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• The eye-opening questions, the testing of ego, the swerves in and out of accord.
  — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
• His star in the small town grew, but his ego never followed.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Not every apex predator has scales and claws and teeth the size of Elon Musk’s ego.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022
• Let go of your ego, and embrace the role of being a student to life again.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2022
• The cost of that isn't just a matter of semantics or ego.
  — Zahra Hankir, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Apr. 2024
• There are also a fair amount of drugs and clashing egos.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
• To add insult to the injury to Beck’s ego, the late night show aired a clip of the mid-adventure.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 June 2024
• The people around you may be boosting your ego right now.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• Tamp that ego down and really have somebody good to talk you off the cliff.
  — Essence, 5 Jan. 2023
• Both men should be ashamed their egos stopped them from bowing out on their own.
  — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2024
• The egos always play a big part in these different things.
  — William E. Ketchum Iii, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2023
• The group held a meeting at which Shocklee and others talked to Griff about his ego.
  — John Leland, SPIN, 25 Feb. 2023
• Is this the altruism of a selfless person and my ego getting in the way?
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2023
• Hard not to believe a guy who brings three rings to the argument but none of the usual ego.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
• For us, ego is the enemy and our goal is to create a space for creatives to thrive.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2023
• Talk about setting your ego aside and knowing your role.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Their egos may clash—but there’s no shortage of passion.
  — Women's Health, 4 May 2023
• Tony isn’t the first Broward sheriff to make the agency an extension of his own ego.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
• There’s a certain rejection of ego at play with Hardy in these films.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
• The research around flow leaves no doubt that flow at least temporarily unseats the ego.
  — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024