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
These Sports of the Imagination, these Finesses, these Conceits, these glittering Strokes, these Gaieties, these little cut Sentences, these ingenious Prodigalities, which are lavished away in our Times, agree with none but little Works.
From Essays on Wit No. 2 by Flecknoe, Richard
Campion termed his verses Light Conceits of Lovers.
The Mirrour of Mirth, and pleasant Conceits: containing, Many proper and pleasaunt inuentions, for the recreation and delight of many, and to the hurt and hinderance of none.
From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.
