How to Use selfishly in a Sentence

selfishly

adverb

• But the grocery store doesn't enforce the rule, and some adults selfishly choose not to do so.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
• And for me, more selfishly—what would this mean for my June wedding?
  — Sandhira Wijayaratne, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2021
• The purpose is, selfishly, to serve my own mental health.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
• When available, the side of roasted wild mushrooms is a gem to be shared or to be selfishly guarded.
  — Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• For sure, plenty of people are selfishly refusing to roll up their sleeves for the greater, moral good.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• Research has found that people behave more selfishly around their close friends than with others who are less close.
  — Evan Polman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
• And when looking at it selfishly in this was, as any fan might, the end result is a basketball product the likes of which have never been seen within a car ride of my house.
  — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• And even though Miranda jokes about selfishly purchasing the mixer so both of them can enjoy it, who can blame her?
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2021
• And through that, even selfishly, finding new people to inspire us by being a part of a thing that feels real, rather than part of a thing that feels performative.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2022
• As the pandemic has shown, our species is prone to kicking the can down the road, to selfishly putting off the change and sacrifice needed to avoid collective future catastrophe.
  — William Falk, The Week, 3 Sep. 2022
• Supplied Given that the British rather selfishly consume 95 percent of their acclaimed sparkling wines themselves, the surest way to sample the product is to visit the vineyards and buy direct.
  — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2023
• Lee chalked it up to a small percent of attendees behaving selfishly.
  — Dino Grandoni and Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Too many passengers selfishly think that being one of the first to board gives them the right to occupy more than one spot in the overhead, often using up that additional spot with something that could fit under the seat.
  — WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
• At this moment, Irving is perceived as one of the most selfishly misguided players in all of professional sports, and that’s saying something.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022
• However, the show reduced Hope to a lovesick girl pining desperately (and selfishly) for a boy not nearly as impressive as herself.
  — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 28 June 2022
• Book banning is an example of the folks who have political aspirations trying to keep their name on the national radar, very selfishly at the expense of our students.
  — Time, 13 July 2023
• So perhaps selfishly rooted in the preservation of my sanity, my go-to host gift is bubbles: simple, inexpensive and sure to entertain kids as well as amuse adults.
  — Ellie Pithers Wei Tchou Alice Newell-Hanson Caitie Kelly Betsy Horan Jinnie Lee Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 24 July 2023
• There are also cases, although less common, where the manager does, in fact, implement their employees’ great ideas but selfishly takes the credit for themselves.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• People were selfishly hoarding, onlookers claimed, or just wanted to feel a sense of control amid uncertainty.
  — Chelsea Wald, Wired, 18 Apr. 2021
• Makers of traditional Venetian masks said protesters who had no stake in the tourism industry had acted selfishly.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
• My observation is that a lot of companies are challenged by leaders selfishly hoarding talent.
  — Amber Burton, Fortune, 21 July 2023
• Now, the audience is asked to accept that this same man is capable of regretting his selfishly motivated violence and thinking deeply about how his propensity for mindless rage affects those close to him.
  — Reid McCarter, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
• No honest person can selfishly deplete entire buckets of candy offered to them on Halloween night only to celebrate contentment a few weeks later.
  — Faith Barton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• And selfishly, altruism has a direct impact on our own fulfillment, mental health, and satisfaction.
  — Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• Every fight scenario either causes Miguel embarrassment or ends with him selfishly alienating his friends.
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• Olsen created her own version of Candy to ground the series, which over seven episodes explores how someone so ambitious and well-liked by her community could also behave selfishly and contain a lurking darkness.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
• Moreover, there’s still some consistency: Trump has always selfishly made these kinds of determinations.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2022
• As Baptiste, don’t shy away from using your Amplification Matrix selfishly.
  — Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
• Consider again the underclass as it has long been pathologized: as hopelessly incapable of contributing or selfishly refusing to contribute to society, while also being a burden and a danger.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
• Zelensky, the professional comedian, knows this, while Trump -- a man desperate for attention -- is selfishly clueless.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 6 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024