vanities
- plural of vanity.
Example Sentences
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In 1987, he turned to fiction with "The Bonfire of the Vanities," a critical and commercial success.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2019
He tried this himself in novels such as The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full, using his skills as a reporter to help flesh out a spectrum of subcultures with Balzacian detail.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2018
It all leads up to the fanatical 1497 Bonfire of the Vanities, when Botticelli apparently joined the fervor for torching sinful things and sacrificed some paintings.
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2018
“Billion-Footed Beast” was a self-proclaimed “manifesto,” and true to his self-aggrandizing nature, Wolfe offered Bonfire of the Vanities as an exemplar of what the contemporary novel ought to be in its very first sentence.
From Slate • May 15, 2018
In Lent, 1497, took place what is known as the Burning of the Vanities.
From John the Baptist by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)
