putting on airs
Example Sentences
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"So I sound a bit like I have pretences, putting on airs for a while. It's abysmal for a while," she laughed.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
Moreover, the script transitions him, through Finan’s effective performance, from a gawky, bespectacled nerd putting on airs, into an unctuous political predator.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
We weren’t just putting on airs or trying to make a scene,” said Bhala Lough.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023
She knows when someone is putting on airs.
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2020
This was the Ruth I wasn’t pleased with, the one I could see every day putting on airs and pretending—the Ruth who did the slap-on-the-elbow gesture.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
