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

So it was not just vainglory to dub the concert “The Last Waltz”: This really was the end of something.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2016

Once that message is well and truly ingrained in you, it feels like vainglory to imagine one’s own likes and dislikes could matter to other people.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor