CONCEITED in a Sentence
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54 example sentences for CONCEITED, such as:
1. He's nothing but a conceited buttinsky.
2. The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
3. Yes,' observed Nikolai Petrovitch, 'he is conceited.
4. All too fast for mere fondness I would think, if I were conceited.
5. Oh, men are so conceited they'll believe anything that flatters them.
2. The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
3. Yes,' observed Nikolai Petrovitch, 'he is conceited.
4. All too fast for mere fondness I would think, if I were conceited.
5. Oh, men are so conceited they'll believe anything that flatters them.
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Meanings and Examples of CONCEITED
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conceited
a. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1 Oh, men are so conceited they'll believe anything that flatters them.
2 You are coarse and conceited and I think this conversation has gone far enough.
3 Well, don't fly off the handle so, because I didn't lie and make you feel conceited.
4 All too fast for mere fondness I would think, if I were conceited.
5 He hadn't changed, nothing had changed, and she had been a fool, a stupid, conceited, silly fool, thinking he loved her.
6 If I'm pale it's your fault and not because I've missed you, you conceited thing.
7 He's nothing but a conceited buttinsky.
8 She was a conceited, boastful old thing, and even misfortune could not humble her.
9 They ridiculed conceited people and were quick to help unfortunate ones.
10 True, he is a little conceited; but, were I to reprove him in public, the whole thing would become common talk, and folk would begin giving him a dog's name.
11 Yes,' observed Nikolai Petrovitch, 'he is conceited.
12 'I am not now the conceited boy I was when I came here,' Arkady went on.
13 Others, the majority, disliked him and considered him conceited, cold, and disagreeable.
14 Vera, judging only by her husband and generalizing from that observation, supposed that all men, though they understand nothing and are conceited and selfish, ascribe common sense to themselves alone.
15 Wolzogen, shrugging his shoulders and curling his lips, stepped silently aside, marveling at "the old gentleman's" conceited stupidity.
Example Sentence:
1 It's very conceited of you to assume that your work is always the best.
2 I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.
3 Tom Sawyer stepped forward with conceited confidence and soared into the unquenchable and indestructible "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
4 Her book is simply a collection of memories, told without conceit or self-absorption - and therein lies its power.
5 The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
6 Although Jack was smug and puffed up with conceit, he was an entertaining companion, always expressing himself in witty turns of phrase.