selfishly

Example Sentences

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But really the brothers love working together and Chris admits that they started the podcast "quite selfishly as we were just trying to answer our own questions".

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

“The whole picture and what’s good for the film sometimes it’s not what selfishly you would want to do for yourself.”

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025

Kevin Costner reveals in a recent interview that he cast his 15-year-old son Hayes in his newest film, ‘Horizon: An American Saga,’ because ‘I selfishly wanted him with me’ on set.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Liam, I have found myself talking out loud to you, hoping you can hear me, I can't help but think selfishly that there was so many more conversations for us to have in our lives.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

I understood that Akhi had different goals as a coach than I did as a competitor and that I wasn’t his only student, but selfishly I wanted him to stick with me.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad