vanity

Example Sentences

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“I work in fashion, where vanity is very high,” said Auth, 33, a senior account manager for Wolford, a luxury lingerie and hosiery brand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"Unfortunately, what we've seen in the recent past is a growing trend of people using it for vanity reasons," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Esperanza makes an altar on the vanity and prepares the space for chanting, a prayer meeting but more unapologetic, ritualistic and communal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Now, that same disruption is hitting the vanity sector.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

The motif had been a popular one in earlier Dutch genre scenes, where bubbles symbolized life’s brevity and, hence, the vanity of all earthly things.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson