Sentence examples for still vain from inspiring English sources
Sam, even though he is about to receive a lifetime achievement award, is still vain and insecure about his status.
Captain Mainwaring is still vain and pompous; Sergeant Wilson remains his diffident, quietly subversive self; Private Fraser still thinks we're doomed; Private Walker is still selling nylons; and Jones, veteran of all those scrapes with the Kaiser's army and the fuzzy wuzzies, who don't like it up 'em, you know, (it's the cold steel), is still manfully resisting the urge to panic.
After the complete understanding that international law is still vain with various colonialist and imperialist elements, it is urgent to make clear the perspective of resistance groups - how they face international law in pursuit of its objectives, and which are the possible improvements on it.
Sorkin claims that Billie, who was in her 80s when they met, was still extremely vain and flirtatious, even at that age.
In his last years, Bolingbroke lacked any real political influence, though he still made vain efforts to create a patriot ministry.
But to many he is still the vain, megalomaniacal architect, someone who trampled over his clients' wishes, drained their bank accounts and left them with leaky roofs.
When Hamilton conceived of the house, he teased his wife about a secret "sweet project": "You may guess and guess and guess again/Your guessing will be still in vain".
"Merkel is not vain — still.
Then came another blow: The authorities said they found $175,000 of the ransom money — seemingly good news, but months later, Dr. Barak is still trying in vain to get it back from the N.D.S.
Relatives of Tiger combatants who surrendered in 2009 are still petitioning, in vain, to find out where their loved ones are, or even to be told that they will not be coming back.
