Examples of navel-gazing in a Sentence
a singer-songwriter whose compositions are too often exercises in self-important navel-gazing
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Is there anything weirder than this navel-gazing celebration of journalists?
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
Cook moved past the navel-gazing of perfectionist designers to get the product out the door, scaling with unprecedented success.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Now The human consciousness question is not just philosophical navel-gazing.
—Barry Libert, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
No one suffers from main-character syndrome more than the navel-gazing (yet undeniably fabulous) columnist, who has a not-so-subtle habit of constantly redirecting nearly every group conversation back to her own B.S.
—Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
Cook moved past the navel-gazing of perfectionist designers to get the product out the door, scaling with unprecedented success.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Now The human consciousness question is not just philosophical navel-gazing.
—Barry Libert, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
No one suffers from main-character syndrome more than the navel-gazing (yet undeniably fabulous) columnist, who has a not-so-subtle habit of constantly redirecting nearly every group conversation back to her own B.S.
—Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Navel-gazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/navel-gazing. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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