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

Besides its portions, prices and flavors, it’s ironically Ravi’s lack of pretentiousness that gives it cache.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

Grandmaster Restaurant is a beautiful location in Hollywood without the pretentiousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

The architect who built it had introduced no innovations or pretentiousness, had built a Gothic church, and introduced no fancies of his own.

From En Route by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)