Example Sentences

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Liverpool fans will hope that presumptuousness backfires but somehow I don't think it will.

From BBC • May 8, 2022

Both these people purport to have greater insight into her mother — and even herself — than Bea does, an objectifying presumptuousness that is threaded through the novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021

Walker presents himself in that essay, “Balling,” as gleefully exploiting the expectations and hangups of white liberals, using their presumptuousness to his advantage.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2020

To quote Seneca again, “Such is the presumptuousness of men that, although they may have received much, they count it an injury that they might have received more.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2018

However, before he could reach for the glass, Pierce had given a short snort as though in recognition of his presumptuousness and drank his own share first.

From The Man Who Staked the Stars by Dye, Charles