more conceited
Example Sentences
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She is more conceited about her horseback riding and her writing than about her singing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Boy Genius became "disobedient, more conceited, even mercenary."
From Time Magazine Archive
The less a man knows, the more conceited he is of his proficiency; and, the more barbarous is a nation, the more imposing and peremptory are its claims.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry
Never had Florestan been more conceited; never did he feel more easy, more sure of himself, more irresistible.
From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène
It certainly sounds more conceited to say: "I am trying to be virtuous," than to say: "I am trying to do my duty."
From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart
