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
  • Refuse to let ego stand between you and long-term prospects.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 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
  • But also telling others what to do feeds part of our ego.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 14 May 2022
  • 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
  • Fuel his ego with a gaming headset the pros love and use.
    Katie Dupere and Vanessa Powell, Men's Health, 19 May 2022
  • And in fact, the only thing that stimulates his search for Will is his own ego.
    Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
  • That sense of fun, and ego for its own sake, is the show’s go-to, with Pennette and company eschewing deeper meaning or morality in its cynical storytelling.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This is a player with absolutely no ego, someone who should probably be wearing a letter on his uniform in Pittsburgh.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024

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