pridefulness
noun
Examples of prideful in a Sentence
prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study
at the wedding the prideful snobs ignored their poor relations
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This is a prideful team that knows it was dealt a bad hand this year.
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Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the more prideful teams in the NBA.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Bick, the prideful Texan, is also granted a more redemptive character arc by Stevens and his screenwriters, Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, than the one Ferber provided.
—Chris Vognar, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the more prideful teams in the NBA.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Bick, the prideful Texan, is also granted a more redemptive character arc by Stevens and his screenwriters, Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, than the one Ferber provided.
—Chris Vognar, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for prideful
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“Prideful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prideful. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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