presumptuousness

Example Sentences

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Liverpool fans will hope that presumptuousness backfires but somehow I don't think it will.

From BBC • May 8, 2022

But one person’s presumptuousness is another’s winning audacity, and Crane’s overreach is among the many traits that fascinate Paul Auster, who himself has had a rich career as a novelist, poet, screenwriter and memoirist.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Walker presents himself in that essay, “Balling,” as gleefully exploiting the expectations and hangups of white liberals, using their presumptuousness to his advantage.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2020

To quote Seneca again, “Such is the presumptuousness of men that, although they may have received much, they count it an injury that they might have received more.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2018

She was terrified at the presumptuousness of his words; and yet there was a feeling in her of joy and pride: she felt a desire to be for him, to be with him.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson