Use of the word overweening in a sentence example

overweening

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The boy showed overweening confidence in the interview. [Please select]

Ever since Jim won the contest, he has been overweening and acting as though he is the smartest kid on the planet. [Please select]

The overweening professor laughed at his students when they asked what he felt were stupid questions. [Please select]

His overweening confidence and certainty had ruined him. [Please select]

The overweening arrogance of the Spaniards soon drove the pope back into the ranks of their enemies. [Please select]

Alas, how often transcendent merit is made repelling by overweening conceit. [Please select]

Every fresh instance of submission naturally swelled the overweening insolence of the Deys. [Please select]

Treitschke and Nietzsche were simply affected in their writings by this universal poison of overweening vanity. [Please select]

His tone throughout the book is one of overweening self-confidence. [Please select]

Like most of our generals, he had amazing, overweening optimism. [Please select]

They heard that he was honest and had no overweening opinion of his own abilities. [Please select]

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