vanity

Example Sentences

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"Unfortunately, what we've seen in the recent past is a growing trend of people using it for vanity reasons," he says.

From BBC

Her performance in “Vladimir” completely eschewed vanity and instead fixates on what makes this woman go off the rails.

From Los Angeles Times

In a song where vanity means being a “slave to makeup,” appearing willfully feminine might as well mean handing over your free will.

From Salon

The bathrooms feature double marble vanities, a soaking tub, and a glass-enclosed shower.

From MarketWatch

But he banned his mug from appearing on Morgan’s pints, worried it would suggest the bar in the $3 billion headquarters he helped build was some kind of vanity project.

From The Wall Street Journal