Others said they were put off by what seemed to them a presumptuous play for power at the committee responsible for electing Democrats to Congress.
After scoring on the break, the presumptuous visitors played keep-the-ball with a string of 25 passes that had the Arsenal faithful fretting.
"Ferguson followed and tracked Hargreaves for a long time so I don't think playing him was presumptuous [about our threat]," Luciano Spalletti said later.
By the time I got to the last of Shaw's 52 plays, the presumptuous, unfunny puppet play Shakes versus Shav, I was all Shawed out.
That the two women are playing two men is a wholly understated conceit; they simply appear onstage -- in Mr. Affleck's pizza-box strewn, movie-poster adorned apartment -- dressed in a style that might be called post-college presumptuous chic.
I'd like to think but it's probably arrogant and presumptuous that if I had played a more active role on driving integration maybe it would have been better.
In "Funny People," the star comedian played by Adam Sandler is pretty unsavory, and the ambitious upstart played by Seth Rogen is pretty oblivious and presumptuous.
I didn't realize this was a little presumptuous, but he was extremely kind, and stayed while the rest of the band took a break to let me play and sing with him on a couple of songs!
It is presumptuous to contend that the industry would have failed without the active participation of numerous wine buffs who had more enthusiasm than professional training, yet there is overwhelming evidence that their caring efforts, though non-professional in origin, have played a major role in pushing California to the forefront in the production of the world's wines.
It seems a trifle presumptuous.
Even at this nascent stage of the season, managers are under such scrutiny that putting on a long-play record could look presumptuous.
