conceits
- plural of conceit.
Example Sentences
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Conceits aren’t facts: “Heritage is not history,” to borrow the scholar David Lowenthal’s distinction, but instead “what people make of their history to make themselves feel good.”
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026
Conceits that became central to the enterprise cropped up at random moments.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2017
DANIEL, George.—Democritus in London with the mad Pranks and comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow to which are added notes festivous etc.
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
I might embellish this Subject with Roses and Rain-bows, and several other ingenious Conceits, which I may possibly reserve for another Opportunity.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
Conceits, acrostics, and untranslatable word-plays hold much too prominent a place, but for perfection of form the poems of this time are unrivalled.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
