conceitedness

Example Sentences

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When Viv Richards displayed the same lofty on-field hauteur, few English supporters ever considered it pomposity or conceitedness.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2013

She seemed anxious to improve the opportunity of my visit to the best purpose for her own and her parents’ sake; yet there was nothing of unbecoming forwardness, no self-sufficiency or conceitedness in her conduct. 

From The Dairyman's Daughter by Richmond, Legh

If he spoke in that manner, he might indeed be ridiculed for conceitedness and presumption, but his language is not altogether a fool’s.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage

Marie went on to deride his conceitedness, when all of a sudden he recollected the main object of his visit, which he had lost sight of during the conversation.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

How much more heavenly and powerful would beauty prove, if it were not so frequently impaired by the affectation and conceitedness of its possessor!

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop