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
The scene was very close-knit, and they didn’t have any pretension of getting signed to a major label or anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
There was a baby-knit culotte and matching polo with Gucci stripe detailing, worn without pretension.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
“So besides tempting fate with melted cheese and literary airs of pretension, what else is in your risk-taking repertoire?”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
And Ms. Bioh has the girls’ attitudes to her take an implausibly abrupt turn from sycophancy to snickering mockery when Ericka exposes the hollowness of her pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He is also a deft social satirist, no more so than when skewering his characters’ politically correct pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 1956, shortly before his death, Mencken went even further; “American journalism is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
Nauman’s, however, is refreshingly without illusions or pretensions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025
Did the chicken precede the egg, or vice versa? pretensions.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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