conceit in the PONS Dictionary

conceit Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be full of conceit
самонадеян съм

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Some songs feature a lyrical conceit of an emotionally elusive lover as an apparition or an illusion.
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Gravitational effects and detection by terrestrial probes are explained away by superior alien science, a common conceit in planetary romances.
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However, there are other corollary differences resulting from the justifications implied by that main conceit.
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The conceit was equally witty, and also worked to advance the poets understanding of himself, derived not from ideal principles but from observation and intuition.
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I loathe it, for it is made up of mediocrity, hate, and dull conceit.
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The original conceit was that the writers would provide two 15-minute scripts per week for five weeks.
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The enmities, ambitions, conceits and dogmas which had paralysed their shadow government proved to be even more disastrous in their struggle for power.
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He did not however appreciate the extravagant romantic grotto and that favorite eighteenth-century conceit, the hermitage.
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The conceit is that they're performing a live sound-stage broadcast of the play on which we're eavesdropping.
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There are, of course, redeeming features: an interesting initial conceit, the usual beautifully controlled writing.
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