Sentence examples for a touch of vanity from inspiring English sources

He was a proud man, and not without a touch of vanity.

He had a keen sense of the limelight and a touch of vanity.

As with some of our real clothes, fancy dress can be a form of exhibitionism, and a touch of vanity isn't typically associated with antisocial behaviour.

We would care more about these men and their loved ones if they were allowed to display more ordinary human foibles, perhaps a touch of weakness, meanness or vanity.

She is no less dignified and brave for that moment; the touch of vanity eliminates the distance between her and us.

But company meetings were perhaps one of its lower forms, often bought to feed a chairman's vanity or sold with a touch of blackmail.

Cooper does give Hanssen a streak of intellectual vanity, which may be the key to the double agent's character, but one wants him to open up the man a bit more — to give him a touch of glee, perhaps.

"A touch of a roadhouse.

Cooper does give Hanssen a streak of intellectual vanity, which may be the key to the double agent's character, but one wants him to open up the man a bit more to give him a touch of glee, perhaps.

And a touch of frustration.

A touch of sweetness lingers.