On this level, however, the charge of pretentiousness is open to a number of challenges. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Still at the stage where I'm not sure whether this is an actual story or just an exercise in pretentiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Statement of Intent, 6/10/09] Reference
Her fictional world is peopled with secondary characters who despise art and artifice, and any kind of pretentiousness or showing off. From Wordnik.com. [The Lamp in the Mausoleum] Reference
I will face and understand the claim of "pretentiousness". From Wordnik.com. [theRPGSite] Reference
His recent research has centered around the (mathematical) notion of "pretentiousness". From Wordnik.com. [MAA Column - Devlin's Angle by Keith Devlin] Reference
Munro's fictional world is peopled with secondary characters who despise art and artifice, and any kind of pretentiousness or showing off. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
'pretentiousness' or 'piety' which i do not like. honesty, integrity and being grounded sound much more appealing. From Wordnik.com. [ExChristian.Net -- encouraging ex-Christians] Reference
All the pretentiousness and shmoozing and snobbery. From Wordnik.com. [elephants Diary Entry] Reference
British say, no side, no pretentiousness, very easy guy. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking Freely: A Memoir] Reference
Such pretentiousness is not confined to the realm of antiques. From Wordnik.com. [Brooks Peters: Le Mot Juiced] Reference
Typical Mactard ignorance, arrogance and pretentiousness. reply sk. From Wordnik.com. [Of Course You’ll Keep Developing For The iPhone] Reference
Perhaps this is supposed to be emblematic of his lack of pretentiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn] Reference
His lack of pretentiousness is the most humanizing thing about him, she mused. From Wordnik.com. [Cachalot]
To a certain extent, I agree with Virginia S on the pretentiousness of Mass capital. From Wordnik.com. [The Valley of My Dreams: Why Silicon Valley Left Boston’s Route 128 In The Dust] Reference
Have we moved beyond the era of molecular gastronomy and pomegranate pretentiousness?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Jacob: Diners Push Back Against Molecular, Trend-Chasing Food] Reference
Have we moved beyond the era of "molecular gastronomy" and pomegranate pretentiousness?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Jacob: Diners Push Back Against Molecular, Trend-Chasing Food] Reference
There's something touching about its sincere unabashed goldfish-brained pretentiousness. From Wordnik.com. [All the World's a Stage, and I Wish Some People Would Get Off of It: James Wolcott] Reference
When it sins, it is by falling into the opposite category, of deadening pretentiousness. From Wordnik.com. [A Dream of Kings] Reference
Not for me the slippery suavity of French or the multi-syllabled pretentiousness of Latin. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Pharaohs]
The pretentiousness of the name, of the house itself, didn't fit here in Montana ranch country. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Blood]
Punctilious propriety is always pretentious, and pretentiousness is always an attempt at fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
In America, colonists generally realized the pretentiousness of comissioning one's own portrait. From Wordnik.com. [Kirsten Williams: "From Gentility to Republicanism"] Reference
You wish he'd take an intemperate potshot or two at artistic self-indulgence and pretentiousness. From Wordnik.com. [Ways Of Looking] Reference
The cost and pretentiousness of her establishment caused her to be nicknamed "Mrs. House Parker.". From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
In movies, when nothing happens and nothing means anything, the pretentiousness becomes infuriating. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Flowers: Can Murray Act?] Reference
Certainly it had nothing to do with pretentiousness or any obvious demonstrations of authority on his part. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenaries Of Gor]
The insane amounts of pretentiousness blowing through that room is enough to strip the finish off all that wood. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
And saving your scribblings and posting them again ninety minutes later last night is the height of pretentiousness. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Its pretentiousness, suggesting superciliousness and arrogance, contrasts nicely with the actual reality of the slave. From Wordnik.com. [Kajira Of Gor]
So, yes, people understood that pretentiousness was out, pomposity was out, to the extent that you didn't have to explain it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2009] Reference
Mutual disdain for conventional snobbery, pretentiousness and spurious airs was no small part of their passionate attraction. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige?] Reference
And since these are purportedly just pop tunes, more than a few critics have accused him of pretentiousness in the first degree. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Summoner's Tales] Reference
Dr Robert Smith? has definitely tapped into a new, hitherto ignored, promising stream of academic pretentiousness with his name. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
He laments their cost, the lazy emphasis on biographical details and the pretentiousness of any essays describing the actual music. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
I want to be in an environment where we can have all of that, without the stuffy pretentiousness associated with any Masters program. From Wordnik.com. [Stimulating Conversation, Stimulating Thoughts] Reference
It makes us ashamed of our own pretentiousness and swollen-headed pride when we reflect what this great architectonic genius has performed. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
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