self-congratulation

Let Jourdan Dunn be the first of many—not an island, or badge of self-congratulation.

Also missing, thankfully, is the sense of entitlement and self-congratulation one finds in the Bay Area.

Chronic partisan bickering largely gave way to a rare moment of well-deserved self-congratulation.

J Street is already entitled to a little self-congratulation.

Because it was a night for self-congratulation—a celebration of the IMW for its successes—no matter who showed up.

So it followed that now, standing in the chequer-work of sunshine within the great basilica, self-congratulation awoke in her.

It adds new zest to the life of the hen, and multiplies her opportunities for well-earned self-congratulation.

"Fate arranges such meetings for us," declared Katherine fervently, and her self-congratulation was obviously genuine.

Neither does any particular result accompany success, more substantial than the moral one which lies in self-congratulation.

There were reasons for self-congratulation on reflecting that the cattle hunt was so near a successful termination.