Sentence examples for conceited character from inspiring English sources
He plays a conceited character who is victimised by a sexually aggressive woman – a trope he would reprise twice more (in Basic Instinct and Disclosure) to complete a steamy trifecta of erotic thrillers.
He stood out, in the words of Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Sandherr, head of intelligence, as reported to a young diplomat, for "his indiscreet curiosity, his constant snooping, his air of mystery, and finally his false and conceited character, in which one recognises all the pride and all the ignominy of his race".
Clift perfectly shows how bewildered, earnest, and yet conceited and evasive his character is: Taylor's feline self-possession is troubled by George's extravagant, ingenuous passion.
In Pride and Prejudice, middle Bennet sister Mary is alternately described as "plain," "pedantic," and "conceited," and almost thoroughly ignored by every character and the novel's plot.
But it was on the Pepsodent radio shows, which started in 1938, that the "Bob Hope character" was born - a craven, conceited (he would purr at himself in the mirror), credulous buffoon, prepared to double-cross anybody, man or woman, to save his own skin.
Likewise, Selvon's characters are variously witty, smart, sharp, foolish, vague and conceited.
"A strange character," he wrote, "proud without being arrogant, and obstinate though not conceited.
Russell's character, Jack Burton, is pig-headed, clueless about other cultures, and highly conceited.
