Examples of 'pretension' in a sentence
Meaning of "pretension"
Pretension (noun): An assertion of a claim that may be true or false; the act of pretending or alleging falsely
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- A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.
- Pretentiousness.
- To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
- To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
How to use "pretension" in a sentence
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Our lives are pretension and social aspiration.
Pretension should be left to magicians and illusionists.
I have no other pretension than to advance research.
You have just added pedantry to pretension.
The ordained pretension of the sacred charade.
He was grumpily personable and totally without pretension.
This pretension is both dishonest and vain.
We strive to remove the pretension surrounding wine.
A pretension to divinity not admitted creates affectation.
I do not have the pretension to be a great developer.
Henri offers fine dining without pretension.
Only his pretension has not faded.
It must be hard to shower in a glass house of pretension.
Any sign of pretension to equality is promptly repressed.
No test is propounded in regard to this wicked pretension.
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After a while the pretension might decrease.
One of the biggest costs in farming is pretension.
All this pretension makes me sick.
Lots of craft beer with no hint of pretension.
What is new is the pretension of preserving the identity.
About my identity and about my supposed pretension.
The lack of pretension and calculation.
It is written with humility and without pretension.
The affectation and pretension of some of.
And she does so with a complete lack of pretension.
This pretension is only to correct you.
Or maybe they substitute pretension for learning.
Which pretension you wrong ensue shall one.
Antonioni hides his mediocrity behind a veil of pretension.
This piece has no pretension towards classical sculpture.
Pretension is applied in the following steps.
It evinces a presumptuous pretension to intellectual superiority.
Pretension is often a sign of a curious mind.
Climatic fluctuations can cause this pretension to change.
There is a false pretension about serving complicated dishes.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra holds a lute looking up with pretension.
I have no pretension of succeeding where they have failed.
She makes no such arrogant pretension.
The pretension of the intellect over love is futile.
There was not a once of pretension in him.
Pretension is a purely human trait.
Elegance and comfort without pretension.
I do not have the pretension to change from morning to night.
I am responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.
They worked without pretension and for the moment.
It has not taken on the art world pretension.
Analysis of pretension of tension bar.
You avoid airs and pretension.
There is no pretension to fine writing.
It puts an end to pride and pretension.
