pretension

Example Sentences

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In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

In person, Pierce is gently disarming, with none of the intellectual pretension of Niles Crane.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

There was a baby-knit culotte and matching polo with Gucci stripe detailing, worn without pretension.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

But embedded in such restrictions one may infer either a resistance to having his work pushed to the fringes, or a pretension in contextualizing it as a mainstream experience.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023

In disliking them, I was forced to recognize my own pretension, and that made me hate them even more.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris