Sentence examples for mere pride from inspiring English sources

It was not mere pride that had him pointing out that in his two-year tenure at the club he has twice been within budget in his spending.

There is nothing heroical in a multitude of miserable rogues not wishing to be starved but when a single man comes forward to brave their cries and to make them submit to the last indignities, from mere pride and self-will, our admiration of his prowess is immediately converted into contempt for their pusillanimity".

As usual in Quebec, more than mere civic pride is at stake.

Further assumptions are that war frequently comes about because of the unawareness of decision makers of the possibility of settling disputes peacefully to the mutual advantage of both sides an unawareness due to mere ignorance, pride, lack of imagination, or selfish and cynical leadership.

The question touches deeper interests than those excited by mere denominational pride.

All or none, says the EU.The government in Tehran insists it will put national pride before mere money.

Yet with collegiality and community comes the risk of complacency, of pride in mere belonging, of a sense of a community that's both self-selecting and exclusive.

I was spared the ignominy of a refusal at the first drop - and that, a "mere" 15ft - only by pride.

Purer in his pride than a mere mortal, his grandness "plucked at from the skies, and dived for in the deep," the captain is more Icarus than Tom Joad or Rabbit Angstrom.

(When an engine failed in midair on the state aircraft, and one of the press corps turned white, he quipped: "What's the matter? Aren't you in a state of grace?") With his love of debate he could argue people half to death, and bully them too.But then he had to wrestle with that domineering self, because both ambition and pride might be mere self-gratification.

Regardless, there was a sense of pride at the mere opportunity and ability to stage an event and showcase young talent like this now.