Sentence examples for pretension with from inspiring English sources

Third, puncture pretension with wit.

Mr. Shannon does have a remarkable lack of pretension, with an earnestness and sincerity that stands in contrast to his physical ostentation.

I had a dinner there that first year that appeared to seamlessly combine French pretension with control-freaky West Coast pedantry.

Mark Howard, the group's founder and artistic director, has trained an ensemble that combines lack of pretension with technical confidence and precision.

(A Guardian editorial, "In praise of... the hatchet job", offered as Rule No 3: "Puncture pretension with wit" – that's the Wolcott way).

For the secretariat, his authority was absolute because we respected the intellectual and moral effort and the judgment that went into his decisions, and the calmness and lack of pretension with which they were communicated.

Leo No-Last-Name-Needed-for-Another-10-Minutes tosses off pretensions with ham and eggs at the Griddle Cafe.

Rebecca Warren's obstreperous forays into clay operate in a decidedly pre-Minimalist mode, mocking art's pretensions with juicy abandon.

Its interior also nods to the car's more sporting pretensions, with deeper side bolsters than those in the sedan or hatchback, to keep driver and passenger snug.

Like many professional provocateurs, he is apparently just a frightened innocent at heart, asking that medicine justify its scientific pretensions with some comforting certainties.

But an icy female cop, played by Gillian Anderson, sees through him — and, in the finale, she shreds his pretensions with one smart speech.