vainglory

Example Sentences

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That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Vidal gives wicked, witty renditions of the infighting, backstabbing and vainglory of such troublesome men as Gen. George B. McClellan, Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase and John Wilkes Booth.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2019

Tseng told them it would look as if it were billowing in the wind, but the flag just looks abused, and the men in front of it appear puffed with vainglory.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 23, 2019

Her greatest legacy could be to inspire a new generation of philanthropists driven, like her, not by vainglory but by justice.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2018

Pride made me show off and help the weaker party of the tournament You could call it vainglory.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White