| 单词 | bumptiousness |
| 例句 | And each for all its bumptiousness brought with it the same thing: the Scripture on which our ethics, our art and poetry, and our relationships are built. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet the stage is more literal than the page, and there’s a bumptiousness to the vaudeville-grade performances that edges Thackeray’s wit and satire firmly into farce. Review | Becky Sharp returns with razzmatazz in Kate Hamill’s stripped-down ‘Vanity Fair’ 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Not my favourite man in real life, due to a certain innate… bumptiousness… but not the point. Rewind TV: Veep; Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Line of Duty; Richard II; Walking and Talking – review 2012-06-30T23:05:43Z They could be forgiven a spot of bumptiousness, then. Phoenix Metaphors 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z As has been pointed out on social media — with all the post hoc bumptiousness of reply guys — International Olympic Committee rules dictate that mascots are not supposed to speak at all. The rise and fall of Bing Dwen Dwen, Beijing's insidious Olympics mascot 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z But there are also oh-ohs worthy of Chris Martin as well as an overall bumptiousness, and the general impression is of a band who will make you party come what may. New band of the day: Eliza and the Bear (No 1,447) 2013-02-07T17:15:19Z His bumptiousness seems so natural that the emotional delicacy of his lament for his late wife comes as a touching surprise. Josephine and I; Barnum; The Hush – review 2013-07-27T23:05:20Z Or does Xi’s bumptiousness reflect something larger, perhaps more frightening and permanent: the united will of the 80 million-member Chinese Communist Party? Review | Xi is leading China’s aggressive new strategy, but he didn’t invent it 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z His bumptiousness is now so pronounced that it has passed into the clinical realm, and comes across as a kind of exhibitionism. The macho drama queens of Brexit are about to be knocked out by reality | Marina Hyde 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z But Kim’s bumptiousness, including blithe defiance of repeated, unanimous UN security council condemnations and sanctions, does not mean that he is a man on the brink of losing the plot. Death of Kim Jong-nam: depictions of North Korea hide threat of dictatorship 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z And please forgive my bumptiousness, but as Mr. Trump is fond of saying, “believe me”, this is going to be a problem. Energy Agenda for President Trump or President Clinton 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The New York Times Book Review said the book overstated the progress of black Americans, but it concluded, “For all the author’s bumptiousness, this is a book that sheds real light on the American condition.” Ben Wattenberg, Author and Commentator, Dies at 81 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z For all her bumptiousness, the eye-catching, Princeton-educated 23-year-old is not without an ability to laugh at her pater’s plight, retweeting a message from another user that said, “Bob Diamond has been downgraded to Bob Diamante.” Russian Roulette, Fuming Frenchmen 2012-07-09T05:00:00Z Finally, with a modest air, through which bumptiousness glared furiously, Arten announced that supper was ready. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Lady Jane, the grey mare lent to me by Flurry, had been demoralised by her summer at grass, and was in that peculiarly loathsome frame of mind that is a blend of laziness and bumptiousness. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z The bumptiousness of these young parsons was overwhelming. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The latter brave’s bumptiousness had become simply overwhelming. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z But then he brought it upon himself by his bumptiousness. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Above all, says the good genius of America, don't confound national bumptiousness with patriotism. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z Greeks and Turks seem eager to be at each other; and if talking and bumptiousness should carry the day, Heaven help the poor Turk! Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z He could not behold injustice without showing his teeth, and his bumptiousness was destined to bring further suffering down upon his head. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Both snubbing and bumptiousness are offensive to me; but that, I suppose, is because I'm over-sensitive. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z The lady was full of sympathy; the more so as his "bumptiousness" was gone. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z And that is the bumptiousness, the airiness, of the half-ignorant young Negro, who, feeling that he has rights, wants to be occupied constantly in using them. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z Yankees fans, who must wonder if New York bumptiousness in management and in the stands turned off Lee and his wife, always embrace the awesome responsibility of front-runner. Sports of The Times: As Cliff Lee Signs, Phillies Are the Targets Now 2010-12-14T18:00:23Z Positiveness and bumptiousness are also supposed to be our attributes. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History My lady friend is very beautiful, and she knows it; but she carries her beauty without any affectation and bumptiousness. Rambles in Womanland I am sorry to see in its place an undue amount of the bumptiousness often affected by members of his profession. Mr. Claghorn's Daughter 2011-03-03T03:00:53.083Z The doses administered thus, Are regarded as nauseous drenches, But oftentimes folly and fuss, Are discovered on woolsacks and benches; And big-wigs in bumptiousness solemnly solus, Will find themselves better sometimes for a bolus. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 Business men are sometimes contemptuous toward the young college graduate's bumptiousness and lack of practical knowledge. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 An air of capability, a consciousness of definite achievements, went coupled in him with the humor that would prevent bumptiousness however great the matter for pride. Aurora the Magnificent They are mostly sunk fathoms deep in blackest ignorance, and characterised by most cantankerous perversity, now rapidly merging, as the bill proceeds, into insolent bumptiousness. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The loftiest ethical ideas alternate with a self-conscious bumptiousness. The Sexual Life of the Child Unsurpassable public schools, which succeed in implanting independence in the place of the dependence, discipline, subordination, and obedience implanted by former generations that thought it their duty to drive away all the bumptiousness of independence! On the Future of our Educational Institutions He was a rather stupid countryman, this policeman, but he was visibly impressed—even flurried—by Hewitt's elaborate bumptiousness. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator He was good looking, quiet, competent and totally lacking in the bumptiousness that Patience found so offensive in other Chicago youths. Little Lost Sister She had none of her father's bigness or bumptiousness. The Uncalled A Novel He had an immense amount of that sort of courage which, in the colloquial language of our times, would probably be described as bumptiousness. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV He was an autocrat in his own church, and ruffled them now and again with what they called his bumptiousness. The Nebuly Coat "Such nerve, such bumptiousness!" he said to me in recalling that query some years later. On the Stairs The men used to say, “That bath of salt water washed all the confounded bumptiousness out of him!” On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “Boys have no rights in the Navy, or wrongs either if they behave themselves properly,” observed the doctor, giving my joker a ‘snop’ for his bumptiousness. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy But fancy the fellow’s bumptiousness if he gets stuck into the team! The Willoughby Captains He says, “It is hard to discover what individualism is surrendered except bumptiousness.” The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 They talked over a lot of mutually interesting57 subjects, including their opinions of Mr. Webber, and if that worthy could have heard what they said it might have reduced his bumptiousness just a trifle. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England “I tell you,” said I, positively, with perhaps a good deal of bumptiousness, “we’re heading on straight for those rocks there marked on the chart!” On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story What other could have yielded up the mawkish bumptiousness of the Uplift? A Book of Prefaces They feel that they should no longer be treated to such bumptiousness. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View But who is to decide what is “bumptiousness”? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 The learned author evades plumbing the psychological springs of this astounding and almost invariable vanity, this endless bumptiousness of the cabotin in all climes and all ages. Damn! A Book of Calumny The reason is, partly no doubt, to be ascribed to its débonnaire self-satisfaction, its disposition to "lightly run amuck at an august thing," the traditions of centuries namely, to its bumptiousness, in a word. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture As for his relations with Beethoven, it is probable that their disagreement was merely the effect of pride, and perhaps a certain amount of laziness on one side and youthful bumptiousness on the other. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University The little swagger of his younger days was gone, the bumptiousness of his bearing forgotten. The Lighted Way And who is to settle as to what is “an intelligent public opinion,” that has the right to put down “bumptiousness”? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 But it is impossible altogether to lose sight of the peasant in Beethoven and Gluck; Spohr had more than a trace of the successful shopkeeper; Spontini's assertion often became mere insufferable bumptiousness. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians From all I can learn, the gentleman isn't much but bumptiousness and wind. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Blood, battle, bumptiousness, and an aggressive violence, are special characteristics of this style of writing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 23, 1892 But Walter did not explain how to write fiction, because he could not, and Payn's quizzing question happily relieved the lecture of the bumptiousness it might otherwise have contained. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Leon looked after him rather disconsolately, as though at a loss to understand what could have happened to take all the fight and "bumptiousness" out of the former bully. The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey Then, too, Lane's bumptiousness, after he had accomplished his object, was naturally very irritating. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War Oh, Lord, the patronizing bumptiousness of the man!... The Cab of the Sleeping Horse There was no irritation with the bumptiousness, no annoyance at the lack of confidence on the part of his associate. Abraham Lincoln I once was talking with an eminent educationist about the characteristic qualities produced by various Public Schools, and when I asked him what Harrow produced he replied, "A certain shy bumptiousness." Collections and Recollections This rejoiced her much; but being a woman of experience, she continued a little anxious lest his sweet ways should go after his rags, lest his new garments should breed bumptiousness and bad manners. A Rough Shaking There was none of the extreme 'bumptiousness' and pugnacious impudence of twenty years ago; indeed, the beach-boys, nowhere a promising class, were rather civil than otherwise. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Other national faults, which English writers and critics kindly point out, are our bumptiousness, our spread- eagleism, and our too great familiarity and lack of dignity, etc. Manners and Social Usages It is a fascinating gift, when it is so restrained by taste and instinctive refinement as not to become what is known as bumptiousness. Literary and Social Essays Though he was intolerant of bumptiousness, the Cardinal liked young men. Collections and Recollections His father went with him, and by his bumptiousness brought the boy many enemies, and, through his speculations, many debts in addition to those he acquired for himself. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 A day or two ago a soldier, returned from the front, was loudly inveighing in a railway carriage against the bumptiousness and harshness of the captain under whom he had served. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough The people have something of the free swing of Americans, without the bumptiousness; a tempered democracy, a mitigated independence of bearing. Letters from America I did not mean you, who are never easily effaced; but I was thinking of youthful bumptiousness, fostered by country life and elder sistership.' Beechcroft at Rockstone He was not a mere gob of bumptiousness covered with the shell of cocksureness. The Landloper He chose the latter, for the bumptiousness was chilled in him. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Of course it's eighteen months since I saw him; possibly he may have changed for the better, but at that time his bumptiousness certainly appeared to be on the increase. Mates at Billabong He is a man of sixty, made coarse and sordid by the compulsory selfishness of petty commerce, and later on softened into sluggish bumptiousness by overfeeding and commercial success. Candida She can teach her that wives are not expensive toys, but useful partners, friends, and confidants, who should always keep men under their wholesome influence by their diplomacy, their tact, their common-sense, without bumptiousness. Essays on Paul Bourget If this had been his method, he might in one sense have been more difficult to handle, as Palford had seen the thing result in a bumptiousness most objectionable. T. Tembarom But bumptiousness is elastic in France, as in England, and doubtless among the Esquimaux. White Lies |
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