| 1. | E., and her _caro_ _sposo_, and her resources, and all her airs of pert pretension and underbred finery. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 2. | I speak generally, and not with any pretension to exactness. - from The Republic by Plato |
| 3. | The less pretension there is in your attire, the better will be the effect, as you are a rich man. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 4. | Never had that pretension here below which is called the right of kings denied to such a point the right from on high. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | Except this, he has no pretension to nobility, and calls himself a chance count, although the general opinion at Rome is that the count is a man of very high distinction.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | "I myself have some pretensions to playing a good game. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| 7. | Quizzem's pretensions to the discovery, in so serious a tone. - from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 8. | You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 9. | He made pretensions to literature and to materialism. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 10. | "I do assure you, sir, that I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 11. | Should he oppose any of their pretensions or usurpations, the danger is equally great. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 12. | You will not, I hope, consider me as showing any disrespect to your family, my dear madam, by thus withdrawing my pretensions to your daughter's favour, without having paid yourself and Mr. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 13. | They are destined for each other by the voice of every member of their respective houses and what is to divide them The upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 14. | This orthography might have confounded the pretensions put forward in the last century by the Vicomte de Gestas, of a descent from the wicked thief. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |