Pretension

"Pretension" in a Sentence (3 examples)

The strain of his pretension is just too much to bear.

Art isn't the pretension of perfection.

As a foreign stamp gazette it is nowhere. An article on Stamp Collecting, by J. E. Gray, “reprinted from one of his books,” and a catalogue of stamps constitute its sole attraction. We are surprised to find such sounding pretentions so poorly supported.

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