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How To Use pretentious In A Sentence

• Many of the pictures and symbols were helpful to the Democrats 'cause: a family that clearly was from the real America -- Wallace and Bobby, his parents; a wife, Elizabeth, who looks like the kind of unpretentious person who doesn't mind celebrating her anniversary at Wendy's; a demure daughter and two towheaded tots. Digital Dispatches
• Music critics have often poured scorn on progressive rock for being boring, pompous and pretentious. Times, Sunday Times
• It might also turn educational policy toward explorations and displays of cultural diversity that are less politically pretentious. Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism
• The food is gutsy and unpretentious, and recipes such as squid stuffed with raisins and pine kernels, or polenta and Seville orange cake, certainly do it for me.
• The Dodgers were “dem Bums,” the “daffiness boys,” the unpretentious clowns, whose fans were seen as scruffy bluecollar workers who spoke with bad diction. Wait Till Next Year
• A sober brick building, unpretentious in scale and design, lies modestly low among lawns at the end of a road with playing fields on either side.
• Bunker is chic and arty without being too pretentious, and its friendly, laid-back vibe is infectious.
• It's a low budget affair and so the hotel was unpretentious and homely and cheap.
• Some, no doubt, find this pretentious old cobblers. Times, Sunday Times
• It couldn't happen to a nicer and less pretentious place. Times, Sunday Times