put on airs
Example Sentences
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For all his crowing about his money and showing off, he really didn’t put on airs.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
Zaluzhny was already known as an ambitious and modern commander, but also an unpretentious man who liked to joke with his subordinates and didn't put on airs.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023
Adams, who identifies as two-spirit — the term used by Indigenous communities for those who are nonbinary — did not put on airs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Sometimes you get intimidated by people because of their intellect, but she never put on airs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
You wouldn’t say he put on airs or pretended to be what he wasn’t, but unlike Grandpa Blakeslee, he liked seeming well-off and “modrun.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
