pretension
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But what I witnessed recently at the end of the trailer for “Avengers: Doomsday” made me glad I didn’t shut my eyes to protect my precious pretension.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Many of the early bands’ sound had a preciseness to it and a simultaneous lack of pretension.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
There was a baby-knit culotte and matching polo with Gucci stripe detailing, worn without pretension.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
It’s a city that prides itself on its open-mindedness, its lack of pretension, and its homegrown slang.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
“Fuze” was one of my favorite treats at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival, although unlike many of the other films it premiered alongside, it has no pretensions of being an awards contender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
The gap between European pretensions and European reality has become a chasm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Kenyon’s dig at “uproarious pedantry” nods to James’s intellectual pretensions, which some courtiers derided—even though a learned monarch seems preferable to an ignorant one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
However, Wales will relish the chance to stick a spanner in the spokes and puncture such title pretensions.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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