| 单词 | put on airs |
| 例句 | “These clerks do put on airs,” Mrs. Bedlow whispered, but if she was trying to make Lyddie feel more at ease, she failed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “They’ve got millions, but they live like human beings. They don’t put on airs and strut. Mrs. Dalton believes that people should be that way.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t say he put on airs or pretended to be what he wasn’t, but unlike Grandpa Blakeslee, he liked seeming well-off and “modrun.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They wear robes and put on airs to take advantage of the ignorant and gullible. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They didn’t trust people who put on airs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It let her feel like she was distancing herself from her mother, who Terryl always felt put on airs that everything was okay. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Dutch choreographer Jan Martens does not put on airs. Jan Martens Brings Cheeky Dances to the Abrons Arts Center 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z But this is not food that puts on airs. At Bay Area Restaurant, Roadside Food With a California Accent 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z But Amie's tendency to put on airs and graces keeps others at bay. I Didn't Always Live Here – review 2013-04-02T13:45:17Z “She’s very approachable, easy to talk to, doesn’t put on airs and is probably the most down-to-earth person I’ve ever known.” Perspective | For 22 years, they were best friends. Then a phone call turned it into romance. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z “She’s just easy. A salt-of-the-earth kind of person. She is comfortable in her own skin, not somebody who puts on airs. She is just a very centered person.” Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “She’s just easy. A salt-of-the-earth kind of person. She is comfortable in her own skin, not somebody who puts on airs. She is just a very centered person.” Camille Cosby: A life spent juggling her role as public figure with desire to be private 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “It’s that thing of being very insecure but trying to put on airs, trying to seem older,” Mr. Fogler said. Film: Growing Older Isn?t the Same as Growing Up 2011-02-20T02:01:26Z Adams, who identifies as two-spirit — the term used by Indigenous communities for those who are nonbinary — did not put on airs. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “It is grand without being fancy. It doesn’t put on airs and is as classic as the Parthenon.” The Fate of the Four Seasons Hangs in the Balance 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The 39-room Georgian town house, which opened in November, is owned by the Soho House Group, which runs several exclusive private clubs, but the staff here doesn’t put on airs. | Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Dean Street Townhouse in London 2010-04-15T22:42:00Z But Annie remained a plainspoken girl - a favorite expression was "leapin' lizards!" - who preferred the company of working stiffs to those who put on airs. Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain 2010-06-12T16:17:00Z It’s a small heartbreak every time he sees the surprise on the faces of black people he meets: is he trying to put on airs, to be better than them? Beyond black and white 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He wanted his cinematic alter-ego to project those values, but to also be a “common man” who didn’t put on airs. ‘The World of Raymond Chandler,’ Edited by Barry Day 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Zaluzhny was already known as an ambitious and modern commander, but also an unpretentious man who liked to joke with his subordinates and didn't put on airs. Valery Zaluzhny, the man behind Ukraine's counteroffensive 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Silvestri, who once waited on Ms. Turner, said she did not put on airs. In This Swiss Town, Tina Turner Was a Neighbor, Not a Star 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Sometimes you get intimidated by people because of their intellect, but she never put on airs. Neighbor Terry Morgan says Octavia Butler was ‘as normal as you could imagine’ 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “The Philosophy of Modern Song” is a mouthful, a phrase that puts on airs. Bob Dylan's new book is revealing, misogynistic and a special kind of bonkers 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “The only good thing you can say about Fetterman’s performance is that he didn’t put on airs. He is authentically inarticulate.” What the Pennsylvania Media Is Saying About the Senate Debate 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Regina, who puts on airs while spouting phrasebook French, wants nothing to do with her degenerate dad. Review: A striking revival of 'Ghosts' at the Odyssey suffers from lack of ensemble cohesion 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z He said he drove one because he had always regarded a Buick as a quintessentially reliable American car that signified a certain level of middle class prosperity but didn’t put on airs. Opinion | Russell Baker, Bard in a Buick 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z His voters like that he doesn't put on airs or act as though he is better than they are. How soon will Donald Trump fire Jeff Sessions? After the midterms, he can get away with it 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The episode’s plot is an old sitcom classic: the well-meaning heroes put on airs for company, then have to scramble to keep from getting exposed as liars. Want more Crazy Rich Asians? Try this Fresh Off the Boat episode 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z It has a colorful beer history tied to Anheuser-Busch and, more recently, some solid craft brews, but no one puts on airs over it. You’re going where? St. Louis 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z She wouldn’t let waiters and greeters put on airs. Ella Brennan Nurtured Celebrity Chefs but Didn’t Take Them Too Seriously 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z “He was really deep, but he didn’t put on airs about his knowledge.” From the darkness of Vietnam, a Native artist carved out his place. The Autry Museum shows how 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z “That’s not a negative. He is what he is. There’s no pretention. He doesn’t try to put on airs or pretend like he’s something he’s not.” Fellow military vet to succeed Greitens as Missouri governor 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Don’t put on airs and it’s likely that you will be welcomed with open arms. You’re going where? Milwaukee 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z “He didn’t have to put on airs. He was the nicest guy.” Salem nutritionist recalls friendship with Muhammad Ali 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z She didn’t put on airs when she applied to more than a dozen colleges. She’s a first-generation college student with her pick of 5 Ivy League schools 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z A woman of medium height with hair either swept under a police cap or under a neat hijab, Ms. Naibi neither puts on airs nor appears particularly dominating, but her sense of purpose is unmistakable. Afghan Policewomen Struggle Against Culture 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z “The Native American people are very, very real. They don’t put on airs. It’s kind of like, what you see is what you get,” he said. Cold Spring priest shares faith with sick, poor 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z We don’t like folks who put on airs. Why I'm Thankful for America's Immigrants and Religion this Fourth of July 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z At this stage in his life, he knows exactly who he is and he doesn’t try to put on airs or anything,” said Stanley, who Thibault retained on staff. New Washington Mystics Coach Mike Thibault is aiming to turn the franchise around 2013-06-01T23:41:09Z But in Australia, politicians are particularly loath to put on airs, and so are unafraid to reach for the prosaic language of commerce when speaking before the public. Why do politicians use business jargon? 2013-02-06T00:46:17Z "Bronck was of no noble character at all," he said, "and in the 19th century people put on airs." City Room: A Motto Fit for Aeneas, but Not, Perhaps, for the Bronx 2012-08-26T15:00:36Z They reminded me more of the eyes of a pig, full but expressionless, and he could put on airs, such a drawing-up and spreading-out, seeming to give the impression of being hard to approach. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z "When they don't put on airs, or get rough-house," replied Trot. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z Rodd braced himself and, though he knew the truth, began to put on airs, bandied words with a client, and called contemptuously for order. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Yet he dearly loves a philosopher, especially if he turns out to be a sensible sort of man who doesn't put on airs. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Mabel Train did not need to put on airs, just because she had had a better education. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z You put on airs above him, because he has been in the penitentiary. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Therefore, though they 'did the thing,' as the bridegroom put it, properly—that is, not shabbily—they did not put on airs and ape the grand. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z No; but you're acquainted with people that put on airs and wear gloves! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z I tried to make her see that I didn't at all want to put on airs. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z Mr. Cooper is not one to put on airs. The Media Equation: Anderson Cooper?s Delicate Dance With Daytime TV 2011-11-07T00:54:24Z “There is not a girl in your class, Hester, who puts on airs over you—or who attempts to,” said Mrs. Case, warmly. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z They thought I put on airs, and they resented the affection their mistress gave to me. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z What an insolent brat he is, the little foundling!" cried Jean Ficelle; "don't that deserve a hiding—when a puppy without any father or mother puts on airs like that? San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Old Chester approved of him as a guest, for, though talkative, he was respectful in his demeanor, and he did not, so Old Chester said, "put on airs." Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Now and then court houses put on airs and call themselves names, but they don't often make much of it. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z To put on airs about a matter of eighty pounds!... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z I cannot understand why you dislike me; I have been anxious to be friends with you, and have wondered if my collar and padlock had made you think I put on airs. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z They were Basques, like Anna, but of the small government employee class, who put on airs of gentility, and wore hats and leather shoes. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Poor Luther was never tempted to put on airs; he was too hard-worked and too anxious about his prospects. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z If I put on airs he may take me for the high soprano.” Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Don't like him; he puts on airs, snubs his sisters, worries his father, and doesn't speak respectfully of his mother. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The two gentlemen of the staff who had assisted in the compilation had a fair share, and speedily put on airs. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z With these words the Hauptmann put on airs of humanity, continually repeating that we ought to save human life, and economize ammunition. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z Who ever saw a pigeon trifle or frolic, or put on airs? The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z That is to say, they eat potatoes, just like you and me, but they like to put on airs, show off their refinement. Ian Buruma Reflects on His Birthplace, the Hague 2011-06-19T14:00:00Z If he was ever tempted to put on airs—which he was not—that fact would have kept him humble. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z He wanted to see her put on airs and hold herself above people, but this she never did; and she would have laughed heartily at old Jonas's thoughts if she had known what they were. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z It was so big and gay, though, that I am certain that the Ben's City people would have been impressed as much as I was, though they put on airs over us. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z Among these, was my neighbor Joel Manlius Shirley, and I was fond of him; but he hadn't much money, so I put on airs, and tried his patience very much. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Jane put on airs, and was always on the point of crying, and I heard Laura Patterson correct the biggest pupil in the school for “speaking cross to a girl whose uncle was dying.” All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z "Oh, very well, it might be a good thing, only please get some one young and cheerful who didn't put on airs and want to be a member of the family." Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z It was nervy but I wanted to give him a dig, he having put on airs and treated me like a doormat. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z But she can put on airs of a great lady too, when she likes. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z For if that sand storm had struck us—well, I am not going to put on airs. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z She was aloof in her manner, thought Adolphine, middle-class, put on airs as she sat down. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z "We don't put on airs and graces and our supporters don't expect us to." Everton warm to task ahead without a snood in sight 2010-12-26T06:59:01Z The haughty British general and his officers supposed General Heath a novice in the rules of military etiquette and put on airs that induced insubordination among the English soldiers. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution She is a near star now, and don't she put on airs! Living Up to Billy There are hundreds and thousands of them who would like to do what he has done; but they follow the drum with its rat-tat-tat, and put on airs into the bargain. Waldfried A Novel I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what he is. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade The time's gone by when you can put on airs with me, Joe Potter. The Princess and Joe Potter Even the rich banker families were not at the trouble to put on airs. Ancestors A Novel He's a horrid, stuck-up thing, and puts on airs. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys I have seen the girls often blush and really put on airs. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children It was a standing joke in the Lewis family that the steadiest horse put on airs and pranced for Roberta. Betty Wales Freshman This rusty piece has no call to put on airs.” B-12's Moon Glow All the old leaders are dead, and their children don't seem to care much—just stand aside and put on airs. Ancestors A Novel And he hain't got no business to put on airs over you. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Oh, if you put on airs of an Archduchess—! L'Aiglon "How we do put on airs as we grow older," said Mrs. Upton jokingly, assisting her to the platform. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V She has no right to put on airs. In a Little Town Perhaps just a little bit inclined to put on airs, but then—Oh, a very nice little woman. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 She didn't put on airs because her daughter was a great actress. Australia Revenged “You had best not put on airs,” said Martin; and Maggie slipped the sovereign into her pocket. The School Queens So you 'd better not put on airs before me, Jasmine. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief Mr. Borden is a nice kind of a man and when he’s around that Jack behaves like a little gentleman, and the ladies do very well; they’re pleasant and don’t put on airs. A Modern Cinderella She knew that he was just as much in love with her as she was with him, and it was absurd of him to put on airs. The Explorer He was one of themselves now and they did not see why he should put on airs. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Fitz "felt big," and put on airs, even when he was a smaller boy than now. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter Deep down she was a good girl in every respect; but she did put on airs and ape the wealthy girls she saw. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers Your father, on that income, back in a New England suburb, was counted quite a man in the community, and you put on airs. Penguin Persons & Peppermints But she could put on airs already, for would she not very soon cease to be drinking this weak tea in the refectory? Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School But he was quite certain that the captain would "put on airs," abuse his absolute liberty, and perhaps snub his teacher before the class. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim If she ever had time to speak to one of them about the weather, that fortunate one put on airs for a week. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Yet her face had a good deal of plain common sense in it, and not even the most critical of the Racicot folks could say that she "put on airs." Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 I am no worse than thousands of girls, single and married, who put on airs of purity and church-going. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. That Mr. Collingsby needn't put on airs, and pretend he don't know me. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk "You have never put on airs, or assumed anything at all," protested Mrs. Woolridge. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics It is true that when he donned the dress-coat, and "Punch" and "Toby" put on airs as "Mr. Punch" and "Toby, M.P.," he became milder at the expense of some of his political influence. The History of "Punch" With ten thousand a year they could, perhaps—and yet, at first it would be best not to put on airs, but to go right on as they were, in the flat. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Mrs. Robert Hornblower, bitter because Persis' fortune had materialized before her own, commented freely on the fact that Persis Dale hadn't the strength of mind to come into money without beginning to put on airs. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Dignity, coolness, and decision, upon the first attempt to 'put on airs,' will generally bring you off permanent conqueror. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy You might think from hearin' me as he sort of put on airs over knowin' so much himself, but it don't sound that way a tall in the book. Susan Clegg and a Man in the House I know I'm glad the teacher ain't the kind to put on airs. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' In fortune and in station I was so immeasurably superior to him that it nettled me a little to see him put on airs at the table to which I had invited him. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein She puts on airs, as if the whole world lay at her feet, and poses as such a virtuous being. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II “Don’t you dare put on airs with me, then,” she said mutinously. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid I didn't think Mrs Clay was the sort of person to go tittle-tattling—she can please herself; but it doesn't concern you if I do put on airs. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Couldn’t you introduce me as the Lady Claire, and let me put on airs for a treat? A College Girl It will be quite an age before I dare put on airs to Hector, after this!” More About Peggy He told us how the country should be governed, too, and perhaps put on airs a little. A Window in Thrums He began to put on airs over everybody, captain and all, and though Haney hated, and was jealous of his influence, he dared not offend him. Under Fire She says he was only a pig buyer, and settled down there about the time she came here, and now they try to ape the swells and put on airs. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn The moral of my story is this: whenever a simpleton puts on airs and plays the master, there are always other simpletons ready to obey his commands. The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers They talked, to be sure; but not like they would if she’d put on airs. My Ántonia What good is it going to do Beck Weir to put on airs? Cape Cod Folks I am sorry she was not more philosophical, more exalted, but I cannot help it, so it was; and if Alice "put on airs," it must not be charged upon her biographer. The Rector of St. Mark's Now, when the others passed him, he did not put on airs. Among the Farmyard People "Say, gentlemen, I am not aristocratic; I don't put on airs; I'd just as soon play down here." Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective But grand-père oblige; a person with a known grandfather is too distinguished to find it necessary to put on airs. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) West Bowling Green, too, put on airs of superiority over East Bowling Green, which it affected to designate with the term "rather vulgar." The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family Even Deacon Grover came to the conclusion that the city chap didn't put on airs, and told me he should think I'd almost want to catch him, laughing heartily at his own words. The Harvest of Years It was absurd for me, I said, to put on airs, when the difference between him and me was just that he had been brought up in one way and I in another. None Other Gods You haven't any more money, and yet you put on airs. A Man and a Woman It was scarcely worth while not to put on airs even with servants, to meet such fools who become over-familiar with you immediately. His Excellency the Minister "He's too stiff; he'll put on airs, and be a tyrant over us." Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Had it put on airs and spread itself out into the broad-margined and large-lettered octavo, it might have stood in libraries as a worthy compeer of the ablest chronicles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 I tell you what, Morris, you have the monopoly of your line of business in this neighborhood, and so you put on airs and make people wait. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Having resolved to serve no longer as a slave, he concluded to "hold up his head and put on airs." The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. He did not "put on airs," nor aspire to high places. All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" Perhaps she put on airs a little, her walk, said the critical, had become a strut; but how could she help that when the new joyousness of living was dancing and singing within her? Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood It's no use for the rest of us to put on airs after that; nobody'll believe us, and like as not he'll be the first man to tell us what fools we be. All He Knew A Story "Flossy has not been quite so nice lately," said Selma; "I am afraid she is disposed to put on airs." Unleavened Bread I don't know what is coming over these girls—Ruth and my sister," he said, "They're beginning to put on airs like grown ladies. Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund No sect can put on airs, and assume to lord it over others, in any respect whatever, without subjecting itself to the severest censure. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness But I put on airs of modesty, and no one guessed what went on within me. The Dangerous Age I've set my heart on its coming out this very season Just as likely as not it will learn to put on airs for me when I graduate. Ester Ried He puts on airs for a country boy. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake He believed that all people who raised hats did so from a snobbish desire to put on airs. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Had any of this latter trio been inclined to put on airs there might have been some disagreeable feeling engendered in the breasts of some of the middies. Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis "Now don't put on airs, Fan," Eliza reproved her sister heartily and drank off her glass while Mr. Prohack sipped his somewhat cautiously. Mr. Prohack They considered they had terrorized the rest of the community, and they began to put on airs and swagger in the usual manner of bullies everywhere. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado "I won't put on airs," he said, "till my commission is made out." Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success "Of course, it really doesn't matter," he said hastily; "it's only when people put on airs that I think of such things." Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts They put on airs and talked quite aristocratic of their captain as their boy. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days They will put on airs, turn up their noses at us, and make themselves at home. Brave Tom The Battle That Won Naturally Billy put on airs and presumed a good deal upon his position. George Washington: Farmer "Don't compliment me too much, or I may become vain, and put on airs." Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government. The Velveteen Rabbit There was a girl in New Jersey who used to put on airs because her family had lived in one place for a hundred years. The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories "You must understand, friend Hank, that the Sawhorse puts on airs because he is shod with plates of gold, and because our beloved Ruler, Ozma of Oz, likes to ride upon his back." Tik-Tok of Oz "If she can't plough, she can at all events pull the sleigh to church; and you have as good a right as any one to put on airs, if you choose." Boyhood in Norway Certain fish dealers had dogcarts, also, and when a herring dog chanced to meet a milk dog, he invariably put on airs and growled as he passed him. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates The only girl I know who did not put on airs when that happened was Ada. A Young Girl's Diary They were more primitive and simple, and they did not put on airs. Burning Daylight Don't like him, he puts on airs, snubs his sisters, worries his father, and doesn't speak respectfully of his mother. Little Women Yet she was conscious that she had "put on airs," and talked like a very old and a very wise person. Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks But they're all amusing to talk with—and don't put on airs except with their men friends. The Price She Paid In the case of some boys the favoritism of the teacher would have led them to put on airs, and made them unpopular with their school fellows. Cast Upon the Breakers They talked, to be sure; but not like they would if she'd put on airs. My Antonia They were cautious and reserved with Emil because he had been away to college, and were prepared to take him down if he should try to put on airs with them. O Pioneers! They seldom put on airs, and the offer of a drink is a sure way to their hearts. Moon and Sixpence She returned to the mirror and began again to put on airs before it, scrutinizing herself full-face and three-quarters face in turn. Les Misérables "Say, do these guys make you put on airs like this all the time?" she asked incredulously of her table-companion. Calvary Alley According to Old Chester, to be romantic was just one shade less reprehensible than to put on airs. Quaint Courtships I believe he suppresses his natural tones to put on airs and assume genteel manner. Botchan (Master Darling) Sneak, blow, put on airs there in Willard's sumptuous parlors and bar-rooms, or anywhere—no explanation shall save you. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy "I don't like to have people put on airs like that," muttered Favourite, with a good deal of acrimony. Les Misérables "Don't put on airs with me," he said. The Philistines "To see if that Valencia continues to put on airs when I'm around." The Quest But Reginald said: "Pooh, of course you have when you put on airs like that, but naturally your voice is a cross between a locomotive whistle and scratching on a slate." Patty Fairfield But Nikolai speaks quite well enough, and I can't see what that fool of a sister of his has got to put on airs for! Look Back on Happiness What right had that tortoise of a Madame Coinçon to put on airs? The Mountebank But don't you put on airs of any sort! A Modern Instance These words made an indelible impression upon me, for I was conscious that I had not in the least intended to push myself forward or put on airs. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth She says it's of no use for me to put on airs. The Great God Success We can none of us afford to put on airs here in America, with butchers and Dutch peasant traders only three or four generations back of our ‘best families.’ An Ambitious Man The chief thing, batenka, in life and in service, is not to put on airs. The Created Legend I know they put on airs about it, and go round complaining to each other about the violation of confidence, and so on; but they all like it. A Modern Instance Ferdinand, finding he had done a clever thing unawares, began to put on airs and poser for a patron of art. Castilian Days But he can very well put on airs, for he is a genius. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters From Schroon Lake, near Saratoga, it receives such a large quantity of water that it begins to put on airs. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young He did not put on airs of unrecognized greatness, though, I own, the occasion was propitious; he did not say, "I told you so;" he simply and frankly was glad, in, the most childlike way. Ancient and Modern Physics But if she doesn't work then she'd better not put on airs. Plays He said it would only make her worse, and his slaves should learn that they were not to put on airs and have whims. A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life. "You will be a school-girl with a shawl strap of books, by and by, and you will put on airs and think young men are boys." Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. Then, there's another Because these people and I know one another so well, I couldn't put on airs in the pulpit if I wanted to. John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment And Donnegan puts on airs and acts as if I belonged to him. Gunman's Reckoning You didn't marry a millionaire, so you needn't put on airs. Plays My impression is that Fleet has too much good sense to put on airs in the store. Barriers Burned Away We have been too good to her, and now she wants to put on airs with us. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 The masterful man who puts on airs of command and leadership insults his fellow-creatures, and should be gently but firmly lifted down many pegs. God and my Neighbour "So he is inclined to put on airs on account of his father's money?" Herbert Carter's Legacy Don't you put on airs, Mrs. Groody; you are as glad, to hear the news as any one. What Can She Do? Don't you put on airs with me, Tom Rover. The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine "What are you so proud about, Johnny Chuck?" he demanded, in his harsh voice, "If I didn't have a better looking coat than you've got, I wouldn't put on airs!" The Adventures of Johnny Chuck But he did not put on airs, and he bade them call him by his first name. Jimmie Higgins No boy who puts on airs is likely to be a favorite with any class of persons, and Sam put on rather more than he was entitled to. The Young Explorer They know better than anybody else how far they fall short of what they intend, and so they don't put on airs. The Stillwater Tragedy Oh, you needn't put on airs to me. The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine Oh, anybody could do as well, but Luke puts on airs. Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck But you mustn't put on airs, or be impatient with me. Driven Back to Eden They do not pose, while we either put on airs or grovel: the Frenchman has no longer a social milieu, he has no longer an intellectual milieu. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Towards evening the two Hamiltonians put on airs of great impudence, and became very objectionable; two or three times I had to resist their encroachments into the camp, and at last they greatly annoyed me. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, For real snobbishness give me your friends, the common people, when they get up where they can afford to put on airs. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel He is just as well off as Randolph, but never puts on airs. Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck Christie also she shunned without appearing to do so, and when alone with her put on airs that half amused, half irritated the other. Work: a Story of Experience And I have no doubt that I shall love her well enough, if she don't attempt to put on airs, and throw up to me that she was rich, and I poor. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine "When they don't put on airs or get roughhouse," replied Trot. Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies Where did you get the nerve to put on airs with me? The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel It is surely absurd for us to put on airs of dignity with one another. Sisters Oh, well," said Lou, good-naturedly, "if you want to starve and put on airs, go ahead. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Girls grow up quicker, so she needn't put on airs and talk like a grandmother,' muttered Dolly, feeling that he had sacrificed his kids upon the altar of an ungrateful Pallas. Jo's Boys What right have they to strut and swell, and put on airs, while we have to work and suffer from morning till night? Marie Antoinette and Her Son He was generally liked, for although he had money, he did not put on airs, but he had his own way of doing things, and they were not Bayport ways. Cy Whittaker's Place "And her way is to put on airs and look as if she could have anybody she wanted," retorted the one of the blue eyes "Stop, girls," said a third, who was also interesting. The Rise of David Levinsky The fact is, I like to meet him, I am glad to be seen with him, and put on airs, I dare say, like a vain goose as I am. An Old-Fashioned Girl There are terribly few honest people here, and hardly any whom one can respect, although people put on airs—Varia especially! The Idiot How's a man going to be proud and put on airs when he loves a woman? T. Tembarom They considered him, as Captain Shad said, "a first-rate, everyday sort of feller," who did not patronize nor put on airs, even though he was a "summer man" and rich. Mary-'Gusta That he was a gentleman, he was sure—his bearing and manner proved that; but he was a gentleman who did not "put on airs." The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights "He can't put on airs with me, after that," Fanning declared. One of Ours Well," murmured the woman, "I know I ought not to put on airs, but you see I have not always been so poor. Damaged Goods; the great play "Les avaries" by Brieux, novelized with the approval of the author |
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