Sentence examples for pretension was from inspiring English sources

And the other part, of course, is that she'd never use a phrase like "uninterrupted present" because pretension was so clearly anathema to her.

"Time for Heroes," an attack on rock 'n' roll pretension, was full of shrewd details: a slight tempo shift in the middle of each verse, and lyrics peppered with sharp asides.

Frankcom's intervention is, arguably, a bit over the top for a play that still shows its origins as a modest, studio drama whose lack of pretension was part of its charm.

The collapse of prog helped reaffirm the dominant narrative of rock and roll: that pretension was the enemy; that virtuosity could be an impediment to honest self-expression; that "self-taught" was generally preferable to "classically trained".

The maximum recorded wire displacement with 884 and 1274 N of pretension was 2.76 and 2.99 mm, respectively.

A load cell was installed in the upper of the rock bolt and the pretension was loaded.

Anything resembling artistic pretension is confidently eschewed by NaNoWriMo.

Such misplaced pretension is not going to impress Oxbridge either.

If pretension is a synonym for failed ambition, then the very question appears preposterous.

The video, an affectionate satire of brilliance and pretension, is by the Brothers McLeod.

And actually nicer, unless that chatty lack of pretension is just a pose.