PRETENTIOUS in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PRETENTIOUS, such as:
1. Robert's voice was not pretentious.
2. His response was full of pretentious nonsense.
3. The critics deride his pretentious dialogue and refused to consider his play seriously.
2. His response was full of pretentious nonsense.
3. The critics deride his pretentious dialogue and refused to consider his play seriously.
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Meanings and Examples of PRETENTIOUS
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pretentious
a. intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
Classic Sentence:
1 A self-deceived little woman whispering in corners with a pretentious little man.
2 Robert's voice was not pretentious.
3 Choosing the latter alternative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and to take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive domicile.
4 This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college that was more pretentious than the little coloured school in our town.
5 She knew what it was all meant to represent, but it was so pretentiously false and unnatural that she first felt ashamed for the actors and then amused at them.
Example Sentence:
1 In the old world, Munich offers the closest analogy to St. Petersburg, that not only by half-occupied areas, but by pretentious and pseudo-classic architecture.
2 The critics deride his pretentious dialogue and refused to consider his play seriously.
3 His response was full of pretentious nonsense.