How To Use Pretentiously In A Sentence
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They stray too far from their area of expertise and engage in pretentiously written, self-important speculation.
New & Noteworthy
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Many of her speeches could sound pretentiously gnomic, or ramblingly incoherent.
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It is the same one that has defined his own 23-year career, a humility in excelsis that has allowed him to weather an unparalleled level of scrutiny and adulation and still seem the unpretentiously modest child prodigy who scored his maiden first-class century at the age of 15.
Sachin Tendulkar's Yorkshire roots helped make him a master of modesty
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Hidden in a little lane on Huashan Lu, Time Passage has been drawing expats and locals alike into its "unpretentiously" decor-ed room since the mid-90s.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English
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I agree that this is a very clearly, respectfully, and unpretentiously written book that can serve as a companion to any artist.
There’s still work to be done | clusterflock
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Yet it's not pretentiously overblown nor dragged down by fanboy baggage.
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Rather pretentiously, I always have this by the bed - I often find it soothing to read a few pages about the mating and migratory habits of swallows before I go to sleep.
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For horror fans who can't bear to watch as defanged vampires and cuddly werewolves make goo-goo eyes over some girl with shiny hair, there's still one monster who resists taming: You will never catch a zombie mooning pretentiously over his true love.
5 books on zombies
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He preferred to be understood more simply: "They were called movies," he more than once said to me, "and I made them move"—perhaps better and less pretentiously than any of his peers, especially after he signed on at Warner Bros. and entered his glory years with "The Roaring Twenties" 1939, a James Cagney gangster film.
We Shall Not See His Like Again
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The important thing is to get ridiculously and pretentiously creative, and let everyone know what you're doing and what it all represents.
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Germany's Gomma gang have consistently been putting out some of the best, most interesting, unpretentiously fun and danceable music since their excellent Anti NY comp a few years back.
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Trish found it difficult to believe that someone so unpretentiously hard-working could apparently be acquiring a public reputation.
THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
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Her father on the other hand hired men pretentiously called gardeners and they did plant special trees and gaudy bushes, all of which usually soon died, but were easily recognized as being the same guys who did freelance masonry, housepainting, and roofing, and on Friday nights played cards with their employer.
The Houseguest
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Judge Andrew Smith said: ‘Packed with news, logically and unpretentiously presented, this is a paper that is a pleasure to read.’
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This land is not a marvel for its beauty, but for its endurance, for its ability to persist and support its residents; although littered and disheveled, it is unpretentiously alive.
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For horror fans who can't bear to watch as defanged vampires and cuddly werewolves make goo-goo eyes over some girl with shiny hair, there's still one monster who resists taming: You will never catch a zombie mooning pretentiously over his true love.
5 books on zombies
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Hyped by the culturati, Marfa doesn't disappoint in the art and food department, yet stays unpretentiously true to its dusty cowboy roots.
Drive-Through Vacations
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Add to that the fact that Paolo Giordano is the right side of 30 and that writing is, for him, but a hobby (he's actually a particle physicist) and you'll understand why I was tightening up my laces to give his pretentiously titled tome a good kicking.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers: Summary and book reviews of The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano.
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Mr. Speaker, it is my belief that if the Good Lord did not want us to behave pretentiously, She would not have made me so pretentious.
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I, for one, am glad that a network pretentiously titled The Learning Channel is not nearly as highbrow as its name might indicate.
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I particularly liked affecting a Gallic air and posing pretentiously with them in the library.
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“Oh, really?” said the administrator pretentiously.
Carolina Grüber: II
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Outside of the pretentiously fashion conscious who feel they need to spend more on certain items, no one purposefully spends more on a product than they have to.
Over-worked or Over-taxed?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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The dialogue is self-consciously clunky, the characters are stereotypes and each section is fronted with a pretentiously redundant quotation.
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It is written so clearly, so directly, so unpretentiously, with candour and endearing tenderness.
Family Legacies « Tales from the Reading Room
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Meanwhile, the famous rooftop deck, with its awe-inspiring view of the Basilica dome and Loring Park, remains about living the good life, unpretentiously.
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This movie, on the other hand, looks like it's going to be either a new horror classic that shapes the genre, or one of the most pretentiously awful films of all time.
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this author writes pretentiously
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Being pretentiously condescending to people doesn't make you suddenly right.
Super Obamario Wins The Nobel Peace Prize! » E-Mail
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So Windu's pretentiously-coloured sabre is finally being put to good use ...
Scar Friends Luncheon Circle
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And whether people came here for comfort, memories or merely to witness what, with remarkable near-timing, proves quietly and unpretentiously to be one of the best line-ups all year, they've long since discovered that they've found it.
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Mercifully, the official exhibition was not gerrymandered into national sections or pretentiously titled thematic subdivisions.
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Esther Kläs's engaging, unpretentiously reductive sculpture evokes the postwar, semiabstracted, universalist figures of Reg Butler, Germaine Richier and Kenneth Armitage.
Abstracts (Subtle or Semi) And Bold Dimensions
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Light Up the Sky (1948), a rackety farce that Hart pretentiously described as "Shavian," is occasionally revived, but chiefly before the undemanding audiences for dinner theater and summer stock.
Moss Hart Stars in Act Two: A Charmed and Troubled Life
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In "Pi", Kate Bush sings to 137 decimal places, rapturously, yet her singular lyrics are anchored by her southern English diction: she writes as unpretentiously as she speaks.
My hero: Kate Bush by David Mitchell
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Julian Green, a spokesman for MillerCoors, said that the campaign's message of living the high life "unpretentiously" resonated in today's uncertain economy and was undiminished by not being able to use Super Bowl.
NYT > Home Page
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It features a 14th-century wooden bishop, unpretentiously displayed on a raw pine pedestal, overlooking a couch and armchairs designed by Mr. Shapiro.
Dealers Get Real
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she was unpretentiously dressed even though she was the guest of honor
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In your usage, 'review' means to read something over, furrow one's brows dramatically, and then announce pretentiously, "Looks OK to ME ...
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It also suggests, albeit discreetly, how smart he was: You'll find in its unpretentiously written pages references to the likes of Max Beerbohm, John Dowland, Robert Herrick, Martin Luther, H.L.
Head of the Nice Guys Club
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First there is a dig about people who write pretentiously: in blogworld, demonstrable ownership of a thesaurus is shorthand for 'good writing style'
Bitchy Jones's Diary
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But the Aston has its own annoying points, like the pretentiously styled dashboard on which the buttons are fiddly and the digital displays are unreadable in direct sunlight.
