Sentence examples for all pretension from inspiring English sources

Despite the high concept, it's a surprisingly low-brow entertainment, all pretension exorcised from the original script.

In his writing, especially his unstuffy everyman's guide, "The Wine Avenger" (Simon & Schuster, 1998), he pokes fun at all pretension surrounding wine, from people who sniff corks to "gynecologists in Westchester with their cellars stuffed with Bordeaux that goes with nothing but wild boar".

Neither had any know-it-all pretensions, but no matter: They found multiple sites that calculated the answer just fine.

No great revelations here, but a refreshingly un-pompous mirror on having-it-all pretensions.

Apart from the schlepping, the queuing, and wearing of hip-waders to get through all the pretension, Mr. Scott admitted he had a good time and saw worthy films.

Trajan's successor, Hadrian (reigned 117 138), abandoned all pretensions to Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Assyria.

I like going to the clubs, because it peels away all pretensions.

Stripped of all pretensions to be anything other than a lumbering animal, it is one of us, we feel.

Hospitals strip away all pretensions and disguises, bringing you closer to your fellow human beings than ever before.

That's right, Martin Parr – the terrifyingly honest photographer of Britain shorn of all pretensions of 21st-century cool.

He promised to bring order, security, and prosperity, albeit at a high price: human rights, the rule of law, and all pretensions of political correctness.