self-congratulation

My self-congratulation on avoiding eye contact with anyone was premature.

Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

There was no time for the luxury of self-congratulation.

Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

But the Chinese should refrain from self-congratulation.

China's Debt Addiction 2011

It was one evening in 1992 that a battling crew called Tribal Nation stopped me in my tracks with skills that removed me from any kind of self-congratulation.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

My self-congratulation on avoiding eye contact with anyone was premature.

Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

It was one evening in 1992 that a battling crew called Tribal Nation stopped me in my tracks with skills that removed me from any kind of self-congratulation.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

The campaign, under his management, had made no grievous errors during the summer, nor had their candidate, and he did not think it was tempting fate to indulge in a little self-congratulation.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

I am glad that these sites exist but the self-congratulation is getting a little much.

A critic's life can be a happy one, with the right frame of mind. Robert Birnbaum talks to Pulitzer-prize winner Gail Caldwell about a life well read, 19th-century novels, and the changing of hearts. 2010

But in the final weeks of that campaign, holding a lead they knew was insurmountable, an atmosphere of celebration and self-congratulation had begun to pervade his campaign.

O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

There was no time for the luxury of self-congratulation.

Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011