pretentiousness

Example Sentences

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It slips into pretentiousness only to slip right back out again.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

In her landmark essay "Notes on 'Camp,'" Susan Sontag defines the aesthetic as such: "artifice, frivolity, naïve middle-class pretentiousness and shocking excess."

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

Lola’s ironic, artsy pretentiousness rubs up against Iván’s super serious reverence for his craft and code of ethics, which then clashes with Félix’s diva behavior and demands.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

The pretentiousness of acting is a fun thing to lampoon, and “Official Competition” does it with surgical precision.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

I can see none of that pretentiousness that Edith Bryce led us to expect.'

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette