I was feeling battered but self-satisfied, and I had my breath back.

Others argue that the questions have been dumbed down to make us feel self-satisfied, whereas the quiz shows of the 1950's, even when ultimately rigged, venerated learning.

"And you felt self-satisfied with the result of your ardent labours?"

If you don't need the jobs, people feel self-satisfied.

As he pouched it and laced tight the soggy flap, he felt remarkably self-satisfied.

He went to the New York Times, feeling self-righteous and self-satisfied.

It's a good excuse one can give oneself when he feels too smug and self-satisfied to do any real work for the moment.

Feeling supremely self-satisfied, he called Perlmutter.

For a while, the deputy commissioner shut his eyes while he listened to the receiver; in observing him, Mr Sethna felt extremely self-satisfied that he'd never married.

I don't blame you for feeling self-satisfied, you got us away very neatly, but there's a catch.