Sentence examples for vanity from inspiring English sources
vanity
That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
The word 'vanity' is correct and usable in written English. You can use the word 'vanity' to refer to excessive pride or admiration one has of oneself. For example: His vanity made him oblivious to other people's feelings.
Viggo's lack of physical vanity has become a recurring theme in his work.
Tony McNulty, a Home Office minister, dismissed Davis's campaign as a "complete circus, tinged with vanity with a bit of self-delusion" and hinted that the true motive lay in shadow cabinet divisions which had yet to be unearthed.
It is a far cry from the eye-wateringly expensive museums he has built recently, with their double-curved glass sails hanging as monuments to their patron's vanity.
The pleas for him to stand down, including by Fifa's head of reform, Domenico Scala, and Blatter's daughter Corinne, are said to have been framed to appeal to the 79-year-old's health and to some extent his vanity: that it was the only way he could still have some legacy recognised.
"His vanity, though child-like, was monstrous," wrote his biographer, Philip Ziegler, "his ambition unbridled".
(Even the boxy, vanity-case luggage is very Louis Vuitton SS15).
Jennifer Aniston failed to make the cut, in the end, for her anti-vanity project as a chronic pain sufferer in Cake.
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