Sentence example with the word 'prideful'

prideful

erect, house-proud, independent, proud, proud as proud-blooded, proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, proudful, proudhearted, purse-proud, self-confident, self-esteeming, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-sufficient, stiff-necked

Definition adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Last update: October 24, 2016


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The English word was no doubt prideful, but it melted in the mouth like a lick of sirup.   [Please select]

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'Hark ye,' he said, his face dark, 'this prideful Sir Marhaus, waiting so long, hath made his terms the harder.'   [Please select]

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Evidently he was a prideful little man, and liked to see things done in a seamanlike manner.   [Please select]

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She deemed him high-spirited and debonair, a Prince Charming, whose prideful rebellion had been atoned for by a touching and manly surrender.   [Please select]

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If such a man as a woman like you should have, had seen you wearing that hat in the morning, on a railway train, he would merely have thought you prideful and extravagant.   [Please select]

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All this, before the pursuit of boys and the fever of thirst and the final knowledge of desolation have turned him from a handsome and prideful pet into a slinking outcast.   [Please select]

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