vanity
Example Sentences
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Bringing it home is Sudeikis’ manner as he shares Ted’s folksy anecdote: it contains not a whit of vanity or gloating at his adversary’s downfall.
From Salon
"The Queen of the Universe! Well, her line always did have a streak of vanity. Of course, that's not her real name. She can't tell you that."
From Literature
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“Maybe that’s what you really want,” I replied, my pride, my vanity wounded.
From Literature
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The primary bathroom features elegant his-and-her vanities and a large glass shower.
From MarketWatch
Some critics dismissed the film as little more than a vanity project for the first lady, and an effort by Jeff Bezos’s Amazon.com Inc.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.