pretension
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The movie became a reference by which the absurdities of real-life rock ’n’ roll pretension would forever be measured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Shortly after arriving here, Gellhorn returned to the China front and once again left Ernest to be Ernest, this time with an ocean view and manorial comforts, with a bearable touch of pretension.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 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
No one tried harder than Satie to puncture the pretension of Bayreuth, even if his rejection of the Wagner legacy may have been at times rather puerile.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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 Britain, the “angry young men” movement led by John Osborne in the theater was underway, and the social pretensions and expertly crafted witticisms of Coward’s comedies had fallen out of fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nearly everyone involved in this production has secrets to hide and pretensions to put on display.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Reflecting on the press, he later noted, "The press has pretensions of being a crusader but is more often a preserver of the status quo."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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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