Somehow it was not exactly conducive to salving his wounded ego.

But Balamorg's wounded ego led to several more minutes of huffing and puffing.

Evidence of humanity from Wolf at last, in the form of a touch of wounded ego.

An obvious ploy, but to Jierdan's wounded ego, the young woman's respect came as too welcome to be ignored.

Rhetoric or not, Adam's words soothed her wounded ego, and she smiled up at him.

Thank God he only ended up with a massive headache and a wounded ego.

At least she's obviously heterosexualmthat's all Peterson needs to soothe his wounded ego.

Her eyes hazed, as if she realized she was facing two hundred pounds of wounded male ego.

It could be those pouting parents, in addition to their own wounded egos, were worried about their boys' self-esteem.

She didn't like the sound of self-blame she heard in his voice, though not long ago it might have been balm to her wounded ego.