vanity
Example Sentences
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"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
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
It was the lead-off single to “Parade,” the full soundtrack album to Prince’s 1986 vanity lap “Under the Cherry Moon,” in which he directed and starred, and premiered months after “Kiss” became a hit.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 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
Add to that, vanity and coquettishness and there’s no question about it: she’s a thoroughly despicable person.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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