pretentious

Example Sentences

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For Parrot, it would be "pretentious" for the club to consider themselves as a model for other Ligue 1 sides in terms of navigating financial uncertainties.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

The couple knew immediately that the piece had to be featured in their property, but they wanted to come up with a way to make it appear less pretentious, she continued.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

A pretentious young critic for the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma who never takes off his dark glasses, even at the movies, and rarely stops smoking, he is aching to make a feature of his own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

You all know my name but not, I think, my full name, so I am going to write it down in all its pretentious glory.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein