poseur
Example Sentences
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Does this purveyor of nonfiction cinema have any real truth to express, or is he just a poseur, a sham, a sellout?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022
But there's not even a poseur version of it.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2020
Tom Callahan, an ex-Marine, knows a flimflammer, a bugiardo, a poseur, a gasconader when he hears one.
From Golf Digest • May 6, 2020
Wilde, the clever but somewhat vacuous celebrity poseur, became an increasingly passionate presence on stage and an engaging quote machine for the anarchic American press.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2018
“OK. Let’s see who the real poseur is,” he said.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing poseur
English Words Derived from French, List 10
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Ready Player One
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