Sentence examples for rather pretentious from inspiring English sources

I disliked the rather pretentious way the narration was usually done — the Cocteau style.

It does seem rather pretentious having my name and world champion on it".

"The architect told me we must name the house, but I felt it was rather pretentious," he says.

John Robinson It's the season five finale of this oily biker drama, handed the rather pretentious episode title J'ai Obtenu Cette, meaning "I got this".

Any game that begins with two rather pretentious artists having to kickstart their creative journey by resurfacing a driveway is always going to be fine with me – and that's exactly how Vivid Games Artist Colonyy, gets going.

Pandering to what they expected to be an increasingly upscale audience, the parks — particularly the rather pretentious Dreamland — made great shows of trying to edify their clientele, including pious "trips" to heaven and hell.

Khan mentions mystical matters regularly, but is affectingly enthusiastic, rather than pretentious – she apologises often for being "annoying", and interrupts cosmic diversions with moments of real-life levity.

Shown under a trellis of lights in the courtyard of a contemporary design studio, there was a focus on Missoni's artistic heritage, but with the clothes seeming natural rather than pretentious.

Another is that Mrs. Dahl-Wolfe always thought the notion rather flashy and pretentious.

But the play generally comes off as pretentious rather than revolutionary.

It sounds rather weighty and pretentious but in Prada's case a concept is never intended to overpower the fashion.