PROUD in a Sentence

Learn PROUD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
257 example sentences for PROUD, such as:
1. She must be very proud of herself.
2. He was too proud to admit failure.
3. He is too proud to see his own mistake.
4. It's lying you are, and I'm proud of it.
5. This is a piece of work I can be proud of.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PROUD
proud
 a.  having or displaying great dignity or nobility
 a.  feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He therefore made his demand with the awkwardness of a proud man who will not admit to himself that he is stooping; and he was not much surprised at Hale's refusal.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  He's that proud he don't even like his oldest friends to go there; and I don't know as any do, any more, except myself and the doctor.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  She never did beat Boyd much because he's the oldest and besides he's the runt of the litter, said Stuart, proud of his six feet two.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  But they were as fiercely proud in their poverty as the planters were in their wealth, and they would accept nothing that smacked of charity from their rich neighbors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  It's lying you are, and I'm proud of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  They were proud of the good names of their owners and, for the most part, proud to belong to people who were quality, while he was despised by all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  These were traits of which Southern women were proud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  Mammy pulled and jerked vigorously and, as the tiny circumference of whalebone-girdled waist grew smaller, a proud, fond look came into her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  She had always been so proud of never feeling giddy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  She was proud of Gerald and what he had accomplished unaided except by his shrewd Irish brain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  They were proud of the place, proud of its growth, proud of themselves for making it grow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  Before the war there had been few cotton factories, woolen mills, arsenals and machine shops south of Maryland--a fact of which all Southerners were proud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  As they progressed down the street, through the sucking mud, Scarlett bubbled over with questions and Peter answered them, pointing here and there with his whip, proud to display his knowledge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  Of course, Mr. Stephens couldn't help how he looked for he had been an invalid all his life, but Mr. Davis-- She looked up at the cameo clean, proud face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  Several of the proud mothers of members of the militia were standing close by and overheard the remark.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  He was too proud to admit failure.
2  Place allow me to smal proud,because like you depend on.
3  Please allow me to small proud, because like you depend on.
4  I am not proud, also not commit tomfoolery, is tired of all depend on.
5  When a proud man hears another praised, he thinks himself injured.
6  He is too proud to see his own mistake.
7  This is a piece of work I can be proud of.
8  That is a major advance in the concept of public service of which the Government are rightly proud.
9  Evans could barely contain his delight: "I'm so proud of her," he said.
10  It is dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips.
11  Girls always look on themselves as proud princesses, with the exception of a small number of either extremely ugly or exceedingly smart ones.
12  We're particularly proud of our company's environmental record.
13  She was fiercely proud of family traditions and continuity.
14  She felt proud that she had raised four children as a lone mother.
15  She must be very proud of herself.