How to Use pretension in a Sentence

pretension

noun

• I admire his honesty and lack of pretension.
• He spoke about his achievements without pretension.
• The restaurant offers excellent food without pretension.
• The pretension of wine culture leaves a bad taste in her mouth.
  — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 2 June 2022
• And then the second part is that there’s no pretension.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Every so often the seas rise up and blow away all the pomp and pretension.
  — Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
• Maybe there is simply not enough pretension in the world.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 May 2022
• But Wall Street no longer wears its old pretensions on pin-striped sleeves.
  — Claire Ballentine, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• Her shots are pretty in the realest sense of the word, and glamorous without pretension.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Nov. 2019
• There is none of the self-consciousness or pretension that such fusions tend to have north of the Rio Grande. .
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2019
• At Callie, there is no pretension, no white tablecloths in the dining room and no chef’s coats in the kitchen.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2021
• Chumley’s was too old and too small for any such pretensions.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2017
• Wearing shades sans-sun used to scream pretension or pink eye.
  — Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, 31 May 2019
• The labels, too, shed pretension, reminding one of album art — stark and to the point.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• The pieces are meta and self-aware but not weighed down by excess pretension or sporty detailing.
  — Liz Raiss, GQ, 14 May 2018
• The only odor no one ever detects is a whiff of pretension.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
• Her boys laughed at her pretensions, prattle, and lack of culture.
  — Longreads, 21 June 2017
• It’s the pretension, naïve and arrogant, that the laws of the gods apply to everyone except us.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 30 Oct. 2020
• Related Yet the show floated along on its own lack of pretension.
  — Ben Fritz, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2019
• Maison Close has a buzzy and chic vibe which lacks pretension and arrogance.
  — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• The Oscars do more harm than good, pushing year-end films toward pretension in a scramble for prizes.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• What saves the gimmick from tipping over into leaden pretension is a sense of play.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2022
• But The Bear has earned its ambitions, even a little pretension.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 22 June 2023
• The stylish show is choreographed, as the title would demand, but without pretension.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
• On that front, The Wrath of Becky delivered without pretension.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
• That pretension extends beyond the title, with the movie opening with a quote from Plato.
  — Kimber Myers, latimes.com, 20 July 2017
• Yes, great beach towns run up and down the California coastline, but Solana Beach stands out for its utter lack of pretension.
  — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2021
• Ginza Iwa Ginza Iwa is high-end sushi without the pretension.
  — Melinda Joe, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
• Where True Detective could be heady to the point of pretension, Night Country is humanistic.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
• In person, Pierce is gently disarming, with none of the intellectual pretension of Niles Crane.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024