poser

Example Sentences

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He was also a steely, secretive poser who worked overtime to airbrush his image.

From The Wall Street Journal

Others, understanding how tricky it is to be truly smart in a world full of phony intellectuals and career posers, would be appropriately impressed.

From Salon

The posers crowd in to savor the tiny film prints — and raise their cameras to snap digital images of them.

From Los Angeles Times

Sonny will never admit this, but later on in the story, he feels like a poser and like he's not doing enough.

From Salon

Corny posers and pretenders didn’t care about sneakers the way we did; that feeling of opening up a box of new Jordan’s was something that we owned.

From Salon