Sentence examples for intellectual pretension from inspiring English sources

A little intellectual pretension, the flattering kind shown by a young admirer, was titillating, of course.

Much of Carey's vitriol has been deployed, over the years, against snobbery and intellectual pretension.

CSC Index made a brilliant job of appealing to the fear, greed and intellectual pretension of America's managers.

"Jackass the Movie" is like a documentary version of "Fight Club," shorn of social insight, intellectual pretension and cinematic interest.

"Sidewalks of New York" is like a Woody Allen movie without the intellectual pretension, which is mostly a good thing.

Adams's talent for slicing through social and intellectual pretension is indistinguishable, in Ellis's mind, from his inability to maintain a presentable facade.

Few have intellectual pretensions.

They have intellectual pretensions but no brains.

And I loved pop bands that had absolutely no intellectual pretensions whatsoever.

Flats and suburban semis were initially met with resistance, notably by those with intellectual pretensions.

Or as Flood puts it, abashedly: "We're a party band… with serious intellectual pretensions".