vainness

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But this was a position the vainness of which I couldn't join: it was no part of my disposition to combat, or even regret, the inevitable.

From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph

"Oh dear!" exclaimed Ariadne, feeling the vainness of her wish to fly from the god.

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony

"If only we could have a cup of good hot coffee first, before we start," said Beth, and she smiled at the vainness of the thought.

From The Furnace of Gold by Marchand, J. N.

His was a curious temperament, and this sentimentality, born of vainness and idle hours, by no means expressed it all.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men!

From The Book of Mormon by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints