more conceited
Example Sentences
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She is more conceited about her horseback riding and her writing than about her singing.
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The Boy Genius became "disobedient, more conceited, even mercenary."
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Very wonderful were many of his feats, and he grew more conceited day by day.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian by Anonymous
The less a man knows, the more conceited he is of his proficiency; and, the more barbarous is a nation, the more imposing and peremptory are its claims.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
As a rule, nothing can be more conceited than this use of the past tense.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill