putting on airs
Example Sentences
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"So I sound a bit like I have pretences, putting on airs for a while. It's abysmal for a while," she laughed.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
Padma compliments her in that kind, earnest way that always tells you when Padma is being empathetic and genuine, not putting on airs.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023
He was a player, and a man, who seemed to make those around him better, but never putting on airs.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2021
Other favorites included “Mad About You” and “Keeping Up Appearances,” the British comedy about a middle-class woman putting on airs: “I was, like, a redneck just aspiring to be PBS.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2021
She must seem as pompous as that intern, putting on airs with that title.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
