Sentence examples for false conceit from inspiring English sources
Obama defended himself, citing the economic crisis, the false conceit of Presidential omnipotence, and a partisan split in the House.
"When women try to pierce this false conceit by naming names because our 'I's' are changing as we meet other 'I's, we're called bitches, libellers, pornographers and amateurs".
Cooper acknowledges that with the (negative) influence of men, some women may strike a "false note" or parrot "cold conceits"—however, Cooper insists that "her heart is aglow with sympathy and loving kindness, and she cannot be true to her real self without giving out these elements into the forces of the world" (VAJC, 75).
In Whitney's view, the standard progression in math education — algebra, geometry, trig, pre-calculus, calculus — is random and baseless, a linear conceit that creates a false sense of increasing difficulty.
Or I'll sue! I'LL SUE FROM THE GRAVE!' " This is essentially sketch comedy -- a series of Beckett's ostensibly discarded false starts -- that are unhappily linked by a labored narrative conceit that the performers are being threatened by the litigious legal guardian of the notoriously controlling playwright.
What conceit on his part.
Visually, the conceit worked well.
The address is a conceit.
The fabric conceit is dicey.
