Sentence examples for class pretension from inspiring English sources

In truth, reading a poem in Latin or Greek seems to me to be no longer an expression of class pretension or elitism, but rather a small act of cultural resistance, even of protest.

Mars-Jones has an accurate ear for class pretension and anxiety, for brand names as social indicators, competitive housewifery and phrases such as "a rather Coronation Street thing to be doing".

The women in "Spoiled" often struggle with class pretensions.

Instead, it called for "a new guild of craftsmen, free of the divisive class pretensions that endeavoured to raise a prideful barrier between craftsmen and artists!" It aimed to break down barriers between art and different forms of craft.

It is compromised by the cloying sentimentality and middle-class pretension which characterise Wimbledon.

Call it middle-class pretension, Micky, but I want an ambience.

Philistinism wasn't the bracing rebellion against upper-class pretension that it was for Amis; it was the way their parents saw the world.

In his analysis, owning a Mercedes-Benz is a sign of upper-middle-class pretension, while a threadbare Oriental rug authenticates a higher status.

Charles Pooter, says Hammerton, was a metaphor for lower middle-class pretension, pomposity and self-importance, set up for mockery by the "elites".

Laski paints a painfully well-observed picture of middle-class pretensions.

The playwright portrays the sisters' social aspirations with sensitivity and irony, using them as emblems of Russian middle-class pretensions and despair.