Sentence examples for pretension on from inspiring English sources

Houellebecq pokes fun at the pretension on display, though he doesn't seem to notice his own.

The allusion was not pretension on Rockwell's part, therefore, just a way to augment the heroism wittily.

This is not the first time Corgan has layered long-winded pretension on to excessive scope; and, as Kaleidyscope reminds us, he's rarely been shy of mauling the English language to tilt at weighty whimsy, either.

His albums often feature cameos by midlevel R&B talent, and here that means Raheem DeVaughn, likably insipid on "Maker of Love," and the Floacist, full of whispery pretension on "The Midas (This is Why)." What works better by far for Mr. James here are the earnest ballads of his own design, like "You Can Count on Me," which eases the album to a warmly reassuring close.

The second order effect of the axial load due the cables pretension on the mast is also considered.

The effect of system parameters, such as the axial speed and the pretension, on the resonant responses is also highlighted.

The challenge of the reformers was to reconcile two competing demands: On the one side was Islam with its holistic pretensions; on the other side was political modernity with its democratic claims.

The combatants are not superpowers but a couple of palmy, balmy banana republics: on the one side Cuba, with its absurd world-historical pretensions; on the other the semi-autonomous province of South Florida, a kind of upside-down Taiwan..

City are not the only side with pretensions on Liverpool's place among the elite, he added.

The new Labour leader, Harold Wilson, turned out to be an excellent leader of the opposition, challenging, mocking and puncturing Tory pretensions on every front.

And it has no claims to grand pretensions: on its Web site, it says its reach is "A Lot Bigger Than You Might Think".