vanity

Example Sentences

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"All the money the council has wasted over the last seven years and the £300,000 they are now committing to spending is part of a vanity project," O'Donovan said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Her performance in “Vladimir” completely eschewed vanity and instead fixates on what makes this woman go off the rails.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Many of these high-profile attempts to foster serious conversation through art drowned it in vanity.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Like the grit in the oyster, there’s a solid core of truth inside the vanity of wild price swings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Lucinda puts her hairbrush down on her vanity and makes a sign for me to follow her to the patio out back.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez