conceited person

Example Sentences

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The pedant or the conceited person silently drifted away.

From Fifth Avenue by Maurice, Arthur Bartlett

It seems to be a very searching test whether a man is a conceited person or an unaffected person, to be required to furnish his autograph to be printed underneath his published portrait.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various

"Betty Nelson," she scolded, slipping the pretty dress over her head, and keeping her eyes severely away from the mirror, "you'll be getting conceited next; and if there's anything I hate, it's a conceited person."

From The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys by Hope, Laura Lee

He is the antithesis of a conceited person.

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

"A more conceited person might have suggested that it was to see me," she said demurely.

From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George