| 单词 | pretentiously |
| 例句 | “My role is not to teach,” he declares pretentiously. Repression, Obsession, Murder 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “No, I read and I write,” I answered, pretentiously. ‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z At Disney he pretentiously beat the same melodic or harmonic formulas into endless submission with background of syrupy strings and electronics. With Jóhann Jóhannssson and Bedroom Community, L.A. Phil tries to break through the Icelandic cliches 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Kulendran Thomas’s big idea is to rebut the precious, humanist, nation-state-upholding concepts of creativity and individuality by making the most pretentiously mindless art possible. An Artist’s High-Tech Dream of a World With No Nations 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Each episode is named, pretentiously, for a significant person in Darby's life. In "Love Life," Anna Kendrick tries to bring back 2012 Anna Kendrick 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The Doors loitering pretentiously at the Morrison Hotel. He Won’t Stop Taking Pictures Until He’s Partying on the Other Side 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But as our guide to this rugged landscape, August is less a person than a caricature, pretentiously unpretentious. What Wins in the Heartland, Machismo or Intellect? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Hannah Smothers, 22, the relationships editor at Cosmopolitan.com, said she took down a profile picture of herself reading “Love in the Time of Cholera” on vacation because it attracted so many pretentiously literary come-ons. Beyond Swipe Right: The Pickup Line Gets a Makeover 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z At the opening of the new film, Mr. Gitai somewhat pretentiously likens his role to that of an “archaeologist” of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Review: ‘West of the Jordan River’ Examines the Mideast Peace Process 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z There’s nothing overtly or pretentiously literary about his stories, but when books are mentioned you tend to want to visit the passages twice. ‘Lot’ Offers a Fictional Look at a Vibrant, Polyglot American City 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z I had just finished "Fade Out," where I was trying as pretentiously as possible to just follow Alan Moore's footsteps and do, like, a serialized novel as a comic book. Comics writer Ed Brubaker on how his art form conquered the entertainment industry 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z So while she recovered, she thought, “quite pretentiously, I suppose, that my career would carry on. They would just ‘shoot around it’. Leslie Ash: ‘You go through a grieving process when you've lost your career' 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z So just to recap, "Stalker" will be pretentiously moralizing about the grim realities of stalking while exploiting the crime's most perverse and gruesome aspects in an effort to be psychologically thrilling. In violent 'Stalker' on CBS, depravity seems to be the point 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Characters are stylishly but not pretentiously dressed, and these young faces are warmly lit in the film’s attractive black-and-white cinematography. ‘Slut in a Good Way’ Review: And Then They Staged a Sex Strike 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The same young boys, awkwardly trekking through puberty, who would pretentiously judge the appearance of young girls, also awkwardly trekking through puberty. As a teenager, I hated Britney Spears and decades later I'm owning up to this misogyny 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Hemingway, who is pretentiously referred to throughout the film, never forgave her. Movie Review: ‘The Words,’ With Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Bradley Cooper 2012-09-06T22:03:02Z The second is well known; few play the first, which rambles on, often pretentiously. Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov creates a sensation in his L.A. recital debut at Disney Hall 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Thematically, the show is still deeply, even pretentiously concerned with the meaning of not-life. Review | ‘Westworld’ gets a needed upgrade in its pretentious quest for the meaning of not-life 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The characters blather away pretentiously about wine, sex and the disappearance of classical references and Shakespeare quotations in crossword puzzles. Books of The Times: Love, Loss, Change and Being English 2011-05-06T05:48:02Z And when it does work, it's this thing that actors talk about pretentiously, but it's true, about �being in the moment.� Brad Pitt on the Mystery of Terry Malick 2011-05-26T19:50:00Z Although loved by some from the beginning, it was banned from the major cinemas in her country and cut down by the New York Times’ Bosley Crowther who called it “pretentiously kookie and laboriously overblown.” From Dash to Coppola, highlights from TCM’s Women Make Film 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Johnson and Hunter are catty together, pretentiously dripping insults in the famed literary spat, and they go with the flow as Psalmayene 24 gets them jumping onto cafe tables for hip-hop interludes. Review | Jay-Z and Kanye set the tone in premiere of ‘Les Deux Noirs’ at Mosaic Theater 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z But there are also dead spots, even in the recent work, prominent among them an indulgent free-form documentary about the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, pretentiously narrated by Derek Jacobi and full of overwrought music. Art Review: Quay Brothers Retrospective at MoMA 2012-08-10T05:34:12Z In Best’s other festival entry, “Cat Capitalization,” her pet, Nube, turns to the internet to market his artistic talent, pretentiously thanking — in thought bubbles — mentors like the artists Mark Rothko and Vincent van Gogh. With Whiskers and Wit, the NY Cat and Dog Film Festivals Return 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Well, when they’ve finished this particular act, they start bickering pretentiously about whether what they’ve done is about life’s eternal quest for balance or a matter of listening to ghosts. Review: In ‘Séquence 8’ Acrobats Defy Gravity and Constrictive Words 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Yes, there are certain companies or hiring managers who pretentiously recruit from prestigious schools. Perspective | On college decision day, don’t sentence your child to decades of debt 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Although loved by some from the beginning, it was banned from the major cinemas in her country and cut down by the New York Times’ Bosley Crowther who called it “pretentiously kookie and laboriously overblown.” From Dash to Coppola, highlights from TCM’s Women Make Film 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “If you sit down at your desk and think ‘I’m going to become a little bit more literary today’, then you end up writing pretentiously,” he says carefully. David Nicholls: ‘Could I write a book that had no love story? I don’t know if I’d want to’ 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z And to repeat: there is much pretentiously proclaimed nonsense in what is, after all, a campaign document. Beto O'Rourke and Climate Change 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is meant — pretentiously perhaps — to be a place for the world’s decision-makers to put their power to good use. Donald Trump to face mixed welcome at elite Davos gathering 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z By the time the stage has portentously - or pretentiously - tilted backward for the second time, Bock’s set-upending has revealed itself to be a lot of creaking signifying nothing. Review: David Hyde Pierce puts life into confusing ‘A Life’ 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z They grimace and make smutty cracks; they talk pretentiously about Dogme 95. A “Twilight Zone” for the Digital Age | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z At 24, Vaughn stands 6 feet 3 inches, weighs 230 pounds and, indeed, acts like the son of a major leaguer — not pretentiously, but as if he belongs. Like Father, Like Son? The Mets Can Only Hope 2014-02-21T03:36:44Z To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It had been loaded up pretentiously with the apparent usual bags of coin and little safes that were used on regular trips. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z What, pretentiously, was called the moral must shift for itself; that depended on what, beneath consciousness, I was—the justice and sympathy, the comprehension, of my being. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z He marched up the staircase with a firm, a pretentiously firm step, until he reached the corridor, off which lay the apartment of Captain Chauvin; and then he stopped and listened. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z He wears a grayish costume with puffed sleeves, and his right hand somewhat pretentiously holds the drapery of his cloak on his chest. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z She made no show of sympathy, she did not ask, as some pretentiously hospitable people do every morning, if she were comfortable and had all she wished. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z He returned to Joan with—until he recrossed the threshold of his study—a thought ironic concerning the inconsistency of Helena's veneration of caste with her union to fat, good-natured, pretentiously commonplace George Tankerville. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The various rooms—and there are plenty of them—are neatly but not pretentiously furnished, books and pictures being their chief ornaments. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z Although he had reached the age of gastronomic fastidiousness, and especially abhorred spoiling the appetite between meals, Truyn good-naturedly accepted this pretentiously humble invitation. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z And the arm-chair looked handsome and arrogant, the chairs hideous and pretentiously solid--and both alike were long ago unavailable and did not know it! Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z It would all sound very pretentiously noble in anticipation, and though she would have every right to laugh, he did not want her to laugh. Sinister Street, vol. 2 We spend part of our busy little lives in somewhat pretentiously undertaking to report its dicta. The Sources Of Religious Insight But all through the South of Ireland one sees the peasant turn his eyes pretentiously to the side of the road at the passing of the constable. Last Words He was straight as an arrow—pretentiously erect, many thought; he is stooped now, and bent nearly double. The Fortunes Of Glencore He has six sons, five of whom I know, and all look impertinently well, with pretentiously white, faultless teeth, and full beards. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine "When you 've done with the garlic, old boy, I 've some work for you," said Dalton, crossing his arms pretentiously. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life At dinner, doubtless in order to make me feel "at home," I was engaged in conversation by a stout female person rather pretentiously attired, who proved to be the housekeeper of the hotel. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) This room was also fitted up comfortably, though not as pretentiously as the bandit’s office. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians Behind the fresh, new railroad depot the tented streets swept away pretentiously. Claim Number One A more cultured woman would only have misunderstood me more pretentiously. Dreamers of the Ghetto A sententious style is one abounding in sentences that are singly striking or memorable, apart from the context; the word may be used invidiously of that which is pretentiously oracular. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions "What about my mail-bags?" he recovered himself enough to ask: for it was perfectly plain that the pretentiously intrepid passenger had been skulking all day in the scrub, scared by the terrors of the road. Stingaree Many an insignificant shop-keeper had been known to exchange his musty rooms for a villa in the suburbs, to furnish it pretentiously, and to send his sons on trips abroad. The Goose Man Senator Bruce, moreover, had been watching, with increasing misgivings, the affairs of that notorious banking bubble, more pretentiously known as the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 They have no saloon on deck, though a couple of small apartments, abaft the paddle-boxes, are pretentiously called "pavilions." Down the Rhine Young America in Germany They have from one to two thousand inhabitants each, and though they’re pretentiously laid out, they consist of little more than a single street. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Chris had her hands full trying to live pretentiously on a rather small income. A Little Girl of Long Ago They would like him better if he were not popular; if he concerned himself, not with Puccini and Leoncavallo, but with those pretentiously subtle triflers, Debussy and his followers. Nights in London The one kind of work is clever, and smart, and knowingly—rather pretentiously—man-of-the-worldish. My Contemporaries In Fiction "Yes; I shouldn't advise Miss Kavanagh to play pranks with him," says Dicky, with a pretentiously rueful glance at the arm she has just pinched so very delicately. April's Lady A Novel And politics, however pretentiously rhetorical about ideals, is irrelevant if the only method it knows is to ostracize the desires it cannot manage. A Preface to Politics At the very top stood the house which somewhat pretentiously named itself a château. The Guests Of Hercules How amazing the fact that here, amid these pretentiously ugly and commonplace surroundings, innumerable human beings had stood, and would stand, trembling with fear, suspense, and hope! The Uttermost Farthing Afterwards, he fixed his attention on a building with red walls and a stone portal, which pretentiously obstructed the space in the foreground, at the edge of the green slope. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) The lady tossed her head haughtily and pretentiously. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family The woman who presently appeared to gaze at him with open-mouthed wonder, was pretentiously and untidily dressed, with some measure of good looks woefully obscured by a hard and unsympathetic expression. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton With a start he came to himself, ashamed of his weakness, and hastily blew his nose, fussing pretentiously with his handkerchief. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel She was dark, pretentiously made-up, and rather elegantly dressed. In Indian Mexico (1908) "Nurse!" she cried, and was enraged that no answer came from behind the screen, until the door opened, and the nurse, looking pretentiously sensible, followed the two doctors to the bed. The Judge But the new czar reinstated them; and though they live less pretentiously at Mittau in these days, they still have their priest and almoner, the Duke of Guiche, and other courtiers hanging upon them. Lazarre Win saw the force of this explanation, and stooping to pass through the low aperture, found herself close to a pretentiously carved portal. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl This basin had originally been pretentiously ornamented, but time and vegetation had greatly improved these efforts of bad taste. The Cross of Berny Less than an hour later we drew up at Gex outside the little inn, pretentiously called Le Roi de Rome. Castles in the Air They are the living spirits of feudalism, which have survived its human retainers by several hundred years, and now represent the defunct institution as pretentiously as in King Stephen’s day. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's M. Wilkie was comfortably lodged; but his rooms were most pretentiously ornamented. The Count's Millions Katy Stutz, an old soul as lean and as green as a cotton umbrella, had sewed at minimum wage through fourteen years of keeping Lilly daintily and a bit too pretentiously clad. Star-Dust Could it be possible that there was really anything substantial at the bottom of Wertheimer's wild yarn about the pretentiously named "International Underworld Unlimited"? The Lone Wolf A Melodrama For this would seem to be the one inflexible law governing all living organisms, from which there can be no divergence in any such sense as the "scientific genesis," pretentiously so called, would authoritatively indicate. Life: Its True Genesis Twice we went into "saloons," as they rather pretentiously style their public houses, where Cousin Egbert would stand the drinks for all present, not omitting each time to present me formally to the bar-man. Ruggles of Red Gap Pudge kicked clods in his path and was pretentiously occupied with a dead beetle which he had picked up. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors And Racine he confounded with his offspring of pretentiously introspective Parisian psychologists. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House The Platonic theory of love and beauty, ubiquitous in renaissance sonnets, is less pretentiously but no less sincerely present in the finest sonnets of the last century. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years A half hour later, I coughed pretentiously to attract my guru's attention. Autobiography of a Yogi My birds, hot from the oven, would be food in the strictest sense of the word, my vegetables cooked with a zealous attention, and my sweet immensely appealing without being pretentiously spectacular. Ruggles of Red Gap Soaring massively and pretentiously into the sky it dwarfed everything around; and thus, in his opinion, utterly spoilt that part of the Embankment. With Zola in England He was pretentiously moral and exemplary of life and pen, and so suited the Queen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 An Anti-Corn-Law association was formed in London, It began pretentiously enough, but it brought about no result. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 It was pretentiously ugly with its mansard roof, intricate porches, balconies and bay windows that had evidently been added after the original architectural atrocity had been committed. Little Miss By-The-Day "My dear madam, anything will suffice," said Mr. Carter, somewhat pretentiously. Castle Richmond Some were frankly vulgar, some were pretentiously genteel, a good many were young men of gentle birth from the public schools and universities. The Fortunate Youth Mavis found herself in an apartment that was normally a pretentiously furnished drawing-room. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl She is dressed pretentiously, as if afraid her face alone would never indicate her position in life. The Hairy Ape The men of the little colony, which had begun so pretentiously with its constitution and assembly, were now obliged to put all other plans aside and to concentrate on the question of food and defense. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground The room had a blue wall-paper, and was well, almost pretentiously, furnished, with its round table, its divan, and its bronze clock under a glass shade. The Idiot She knew what it was all meant to represent, but it was so pretentiously false and unnatural that she first felt ashamed for the actors and then amused at them. War and Peace He was dressed more pretentiously, but still gave the same idea of vulgar strength. The Three Partners Lower even, and more noticeably, more pretentiously, than the rest does a certain "needy" native of Tula named Konev salute each Cossack. Through Russia As for the two Cowperwood households, so recently and pretentiously joined in success, now so gloomily tied in failure, the life was going out of them. The Financier, a novel More often than not, even the beds are unsatisfactory—either pretentiously huge and choked with drapery, or hard and thinly accoutred. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft A faded waistcoat, a cravat, pretentiously tied, although the material was a worn-out foulard, bespoke the secret distress to which a former dandy sometimes falls a prey. A Start in Life It became clear that he supposed me to be a Socialist, a zealous, embittered hater of all ownership—and also an educated man of the vilest, most pretentiously superior description. The New Machiavelli The place was almost pretentiously matter-of-fact and unassuming. The New Machiavelli |
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