They caa make us believe anything they want us to believe, thanks to our swollen egos and flimsy brains.
He said she has a lovely face - but it was exactly what the swollen, tremulous ego of Mack Tavernor had been demanding.
I'm not going to have you wrecking my ship to satisfy your swollen ego.
Mr. Fox has achieved some of his happiest moments in the hot dog universe by cracking trade secrets and deflating swollen egos.
Perhaps even deflate that golden Empress' swollen ego just a bit too when she learned of the Empire of France!
"She" was convinced that he was there for a swollen ego.
But Gingrich had a swollen ego.
As House speaker, Newt Gingrich sacrificed his revolution to his swollen ego.
In this case, he was sure that vanity was not a fault, not the result of a swollen ego, but merely healthy self-esteem.
Occasionally they managed to accomplish this with an amount of humor and kindness that left our swollen egos unlanced.