hubris literary , also: hybris

No mother's child should have to die for a president's hubris.

The hubris of a poor man from a rich city.

There is, of course, a certain hubris to all this.

"Do you understand the hubris and arrogance of these people?"

When hubris or large sums of money are involved, all the better.

"But I also think there's a little hubris at work here."

Above all, he had too much hubris for the business gods not to take him down.

And it was incredible hubris on our part, I know.

Hubris played a big role in the errors, he said.

At some point, he stopped seeing them, and returned to his former hubris.

You might think the project is a monumental example of hubris.

They had been those things, there was no hubris in the naming.

Instead they talk about clean water, native species and human hubris.

The word "hubris" comes up a lot when people talk about Rove.

Further, once caught out by your hubris, you are bound to me.

One can only hope that his power and hubris will be diminished this time around.

Major Hubris would have known what to do about the squeeze between travel and food.

In 1814, hubris and shame were the true dogs of war.

It would be hubris not to accept such a gift.

"It just seems like some kind of hubris, I guess."

To ward off hubris, I aimed for the low end.

This was hubris, of the sort that ends up getting a small man hurt.

Now, Clinton appeared to be punishing them for their hubris.

But Egypt has paid a heavy price for its hubris.

And who were they, she wondered, these practitioners of hubris?