prideful
Example Sentences
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This is not the time to be prideful about how much stress and responsibility you can take on.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026
While I firmly believe moviegoing audiences should be less averse to slow pacing, there’s an almost prideful lack of explanation for the context of images flickering across the screen.
From Salon • May 19, 2025
"Keeping Up Appearances was so joyous because it mocked the absurdity of prideful status-seeking," she noted of the Patricia Routledge-starring 1990s BBC sitcom.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025
Which is why Washington moved into the Big Ten, too, simultaneously burying the previously prideful Pac-12 Conference.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
As the trio passed them, Jess could see Janice’s face all pink and prideful.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
