Sentence examples for mean vanity or from inspiring English sources
It does not mean vanity or superiority.
By "pride" Mandeville meant vanity; by "luxury" he meant the desire for sensuous indulgence.
TV gagster Seth MacFarlane follows up his Ted with this joyless vanity (and I do mean vanity) project – a bloated spoof western in which he plays a pottymouthed sheep farmer who falls for the wife (Theron) of a feared gunfighter (Neeson).
This is a nice, tight theme, although I had to think a bit about what Mr. Farmer might have meant by VANITY BOOK at 11 Down (VANITY FAIR).
What does vanity mean to you?
Vanity or the concept of taking pride in one's appearance are forbidden in Amish culture.
What I mean is not that Schwartzman shares anything of Philip's, or Max's, preening vanity or rampant egotism but that there are very few American movies that are as rich in art-centered dialogue — and, for that matter, monologue — as Anderson's and Perry's.
I have a problem with people saying feminine means anti-feminist, and I think it's counter-productive to immediately associate anything "girly" with vanity or stupidity.
Mr. Moore said the review requirement was meant to exclude vanity projects, or, especially, television projects, that might qualify for Oscars by slipping into theaters so quietly — or through a festival-like system, like DocuWeeks — that they do not trigger a movie review.
