Sentence examples for pretentious air from inspiring English sources

And it lacks the sort of pretentious air of other elite institutions.

Recently, humble animation has now become so refined and poignant in various high-end graduate programs that even cartoons about little birds now carry the slightly pretentious air of French film.

Perhaps unsurprisingly for an author with such a gymnastic style, he carefully marked down words such as "primipara" ("woman who's [sic] pregnant for the first time"), "tardive" ("adj – having symptoms that develop slowly or appear long after inception – used of disease"), and "sciolism" ("pretentious air of scholarship") for use at a later date.

Most waning sexpots adopt a nauseatingly pretentious air of faux-class in their twilight years (and indeed that's the territory Madge seemed to be staking out exclusively for a while).

Baieta also attempts to democratize haute cuisine with a relatively inexpensive fixed weekday lunch menu (a starter and a main for 29 euros, about $36), and the friendly young staff and cheerful logo erases any pretentious airs.

Almost every scene and snatch of dialogue is taken from the book, including the deliciously pretentious airs of young Veda, who as a child is played by Morgan Turner and says things like "One might think peasants had taken over the house".

The pretentious chatter, air kisses and clink of prosecco glasses are all suddenly muffled.

And as if to underscore the program's seemingly pompous, ponderous, and pretentious format, it aired (where else?) on the local public broadcasting station.

In the script, Ray Thomas' description was, "although he carries cleaning equipment, he also carries the air of a pretentious mannerly, affected actor".

You make friends quickly at Groovefest and while you're pampered by resort-style luxury, the air was never pretentious in the slightest, and the crowd, mostly from the UK and ranging from their late 20s to mid 30s, all shared a universal love for chilled-out party vibes and total friendliness.

You make friends quickly at Groovefest and while you're pampered by resort-style luxury, the air was never pretentious in the slightest, the crowd, mostly from the UK and ranging from their late 20s to mid 30s, all shared a universal love for chilled-out party vibes and total friendliness.