airs

/ (ɛəz) /


pl n
  1. affected manners intended to impress others (esp in the phrases give oneself airs, put on airs)

Words Nearby airs

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How to use airs in a sentence

  • On this the royal band of music would strike up its liveliest airs, and a great bell would toll its evening warning.

    Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. Pike
  • At the close of the reception a band of Philippine musicians played a selection of graceful airs of their native isles.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • It was then just after seven o'clock, and the October evening was drawing in with chill airs from the recesses of the forest.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • He sang bravura airs with a facility of vocalisation any prima donna might have envied.

  • All the old leaders are dead, and their children don't seem to care much—just stand aside and put on airs.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton