"It's in my blood," he declares with a certain smugness.

Stock market investors may be tempted to regard all this with a certain smugness.

I placed my shoes against the wall with a certain smugness.

For those living on the lower floors - usually the less prestigious places to be - the lack of elevators allowed a certain smugness.

He said this with a certain smugness, then allowed it to hang in the air for my benefit.

Did she detect a certain smugness in his tone?

Father Cotterson smiled with a certain smugness, relaxing a little.

Do I sense a certain smugness in your tone?

"Only because you're wrong," Honor informed him with a certain smugness.