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
You would call Urban Meyer a poseur, but he’s too evasive to hold any pose for long.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021
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
Or better yet, maybe he was just a selfish poseur, using his daddy as an excuse to be wack.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Vocabulary lists containing poseur
English Words Derived from French, List 10
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