pretentiously
- a word derived from pretentious.
Example Sentences
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Amandaland follows middle class Amanda and her two children as they adapt to life in South Harlesden - which she refers to, pretentiously, as "SoHa" - having been forced to leave Chiswick following her divorce.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
“My role is not to teach,” he declares pretentiously.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
The same young boys, awkwardly trekking through puberty, who would pretentiously judge the appearance of young girls, also awkwardly trekking through puberty.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2021
Eilish is not pretentiously trying to frame the first 19 years of her life as a story that would enlighten and inform her public.
From Slate ● May 15, 2021
The woman who presently appeared to gaze at him with open-mouthed wonder, was pretentiously and untidily dressed, with some measure of good looks woefully obscured by a hard and unsympathetic expression.
From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
