Sentence examples for pretension toward from inspiring English sources

James' dog Buster is usually around, it's a very free-flowing environment for making music in...there's no pretension toward it being serious.

Another member of the Myanmar metalcore cartel, Blood of Century go the route of early-aughts American purveyors like All That Remains or Shadows Falls, with little bit of pretension toward the technical tweaks of Between the Buried and Me.

This was part of his reaction to Swedish pretensions toward the Arctic Ocean.

The band churns out serviceable dance-rock with pretensions toward funkiness that betray its Southern roots.

I am less convinced by Take That's pretensions toward being ordinary.

Christian Lacroix, who during his 20 years as a couturier has whipped up many a masterpiece, makes no pretensions toward being an artist.

"The Affair" is wildly ambitious, with pretensions toward art and insight that belie its criminal investigation trope.

In her book-length analysis of the Coen brothers' films, Rowell suggests that Barton's fixation on the picture is ironic, considering its low culture status and his own pretensions toward high culture (speeches to the contrary notwithstanding).

All that cleverness, though, can veer toward pretension.

The winner, Stipe Mesic, 65, last leader of the collective presidency before Yugoslavia disintegrated in 1991, earned the trust of Croats for his easy manner, his apparent disregard for pretension and his critical attitude toward Croatian nationalism, in sharp contrast to Mr. Tudjman.

Mr. Budbill took a workman's attitude toward art and despised pretension.