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Sentence count:198+2Posted:2017-04-06Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: realitySimilar words: sanityinanityhumanityprofanityChristianityvanishvanishinggalvanizeMeaning: ['vænətɪ]  n. 1. feelings of excessive pride 2. the quality of being valueless or futile 3. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited 4. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup. 
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31, Jermyn reminisces about a certain woman with whom he once indulged his passion and vanity.
32, What vanity, to imagine that Tommaso was continuing his exhibition of savoir-faire acquired in Naples for his benefit.
33, The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. Napoleon Bonaparte 
34, A surge of male vanity and hurt pride swept over him.
35, His main target was vanity, and how materialism has put a brake on the human race.
36, She blinked artificial eyelashes over wide, brown eyes that were smarting from the vanity of contact lenses.
37, But Clara had not cried out, originally, through vanity, nor for the benefit of her friends on the roof.
38, From his jacket pocket he took a small vanity mirror and adjusted his hair.
39, Louella removed her apron and sat on the vanity bench,(www.Sentencedict.com) as they took their accustomed places in the wing chairs.
40, He needs a certain measure of vanity in order to create the right kind of public impression.
41, Several of the magazines were also going through identity crises, with new editors trying to redefine Vanity Fair and Mademoiselle.
42, There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless. Eric Hoffer 
43, What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own. Francois de La Rochefoucauld 
44, All account-making springs from False Personality; through hurt vanity or pride, or wounded self-conceit, etc.
45, The vanity of others is only counter to our taste when it is counter to our vanity. Friedrich Nietzsche 
46, The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance. Samuel Butler 
47, They say I had the vanity to suppose that he and I might one day share the authorship of some literary work.
48, For conservatives it represented the vanity of social engineering and the breakdown of the liberal state in the face of impossible demands.
49, Moore has appeared twice on the cover of Vanity Fair without her shirt on.
50, She turned away from the mirror and, putting her cosmetics in a vanity bag, opened the door.
51, Amused by her burgeoning vanity, she dawdled over the unpacking to give Mrs Wallington plenty of unencumbered time with her son.
52, But are we allowing ourselves to be carried away by false vanity?
53, Because of clothes rationing, fashion was abandoned but vanity not totally so.
54, His life is driven by vanity. He has to drive around in the most expensive car and wear the best designer clothes.
55, Herodotos here shakes his head over the vanity of human wishes.
56, There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it. Mark Twain 
57, They say I had the vanity to suppose that I might marry him.
58, Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen 
59, Each yacht has at least one spacious bathroom complete with vanity unit, mirror and electric shower option.
60, It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Mark Twain 
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