Sentence examples for false pride from inspiring English sources
That sour mix of false pride and real shame runs through Rodriguez's story.
Her dad never liked false pride: that was one of his big things.
He has learned to accept criticism and has little false pride.
We imagine it flattering false pride, pumping up the egos of people we don't like.
Personally, I would rather have an honest truth than some false pride".
It is a truth that makes the Trojans, with their false pride and propaganda, look no better than their enemies.
A generation of men disappeared - duped by a false nationalistic pride created to stir anger and willing sacrifice.
Did you find cases where companies altered genealogical histories so that clients could have (and pay for) a false sense of pride in a fictional past?
"Taking the piss out of" is thought to represent taking the piss out of a man's morning glory – deflating it and removing the false sense of pride.
The real problem was, of course, humanism, and the false sense of pride it confers among its devotees.
What you have to lose is your false sense of pride and the illusion of being right.
