prideful
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A prideful third-round exit to phenom Joao Fonseca in Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"I used to be prideful and probably would've looked down on somebody coming out of prison," she admits.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
This is not the time to be prideful about how much stress and responsibility you can take on.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026
The depictions of Klingons have shifted over the years, but it’s clear Takei is invoking the more brutal, prideful and authoritarian version introduced in the original series in the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
There was exhilaration in the collision, the honest contact of football, not as beautiful maybe as a completed pass or a fake that threw your opponents off balance but beautiful nevertheless and manly, prideful.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
Vocabulary lists containing prideful
"The Ugly One," Vocabulary from Chapters 1-5
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