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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pretensions in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pretensions in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Pretensions in a Sentence
If you want an example of EU foreign policy-making on the hoof, and of the EU's pretensions to running a defense policy that have caused real trouble, then look at what has happened in Ukraine.
The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. They fancy themselves superior to every one else, and, not being sure of making good their secret pretensions, decline entering the lists altogether. Thus they ?lay the flattering unction to their souls? that they could have said better things than others, or that the conversation was beneath them.
Neil Holbrook of Cotsworld Archaeology:
The mosaic is a truly important find, not only is it a fantastic new piece of Roman art from Britain, but it also tells us about the lifestyle and social pretensions of the owner of the villa at Boxford.
Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to classification somewhere within neatly labelled categories. Even the outrageous exceptions may be classified as outrageous exceptions
Nothing shocks me more in the men of religion and their flocks than their pretensions to be the only religious people.
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