poseur

Example Sentences

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Craig is no Nick Adams, but did Sternbergh project his own impostor syndrome onto Daisy’s poseur husband?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Tom Callahan, an ex-Marine, knows a flimflammer, a bugiardo, a poseur, a gasconader when he hears one.

From Golf Digest • May 6, 2020

I’m not going to be a poseur and say, “Yes, I love this period, blah blah blah,” but I felt that his art was truly beautiful.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2020

Yet he’s too often regarded as a tough guy, a poseur Mafia don who’s osmotically absorbed too many gangster movies.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2019

“That’s right, I called you a poseur, poseur.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline