Priding

Priding themselves at least as much on their expertise as on their cruelty, committed trolls seem no more likely to be deterred by Duffy's sentence than they are by media condemnation quoting persecuted families, such as the parents of Madeleine McCann.

Cyber bullies are vile, but should we be locking them up? | Catherine Bennett 2011

Priding myself as I do on meticulous spelling, I owe you an immeasurable debt of gratitude.

Midterm Roundup 2009

Priding myself on my professionalism, I'd chosen the latter option; I wanted to give all my authors and their book projects a soft landing.

Betsy Rapoport: Terminal Vacation: A Grizzled Veteran of the Publishing World Returns to the Scene of the Crime 2009

Priding ourselves on our exquisite taste, we at VF Daily recently sought to elevate our midday-snack fare from pre-wrapped, pre-Halloween to something more refined.

A Different Kind of Mac Attack: Molly Erman Erman, Molly 2008

Priding ourselves on our exquisite taste, we at VF Daily recently sought to elevate our midday-snack fare from pre-wrapped, pre-Halloween to something more refined.

Sweet Beat: Society and Style Robertson, Hamish 2008

Priding himself on his objectivity, he recorded only those stimuli that had passed through his own sensorium and refused to allow “a single line borrowed from any traveller or writer” to enter his journal.

The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

Priding myself on being a mindful shopper, I do my best to buy American.

Flu Shots, Mindful Shopping and the Dog that Thought She was Human 2007

Priding myself on being a mindful shopper, I do my best to buy American.

Flu Shots, Mindful Shopping and the Dog that Thought She was Human 2007

Priding himself on being the first “E-Governor,” Bush’s official portrait unveiled at the governor’s mansion “shows him in his office standing next to a picture of his family with his trustworthy BlackBerry.”

Think Progress » ThinkFast: December 23, 2006 2006

Priding himself on his immunity from seasickness, Sam drank in the gladness in the air, the brightness in the sun, and the distress of one elderly passenger after another who lurched past him, hands clasped to the stomach, muttering, “Oh, my!”

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005