conceits in English
he was puffed up with conceit
Use "conceits" in a sentence
1. There's a kind of complacency in his provincial conceits.
2. Conceits are used to create unique comparisons and to describe unlikely situations.
3. False and Boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place
4. More literary games, but here intellectual conceits are mixed with bawdy farce.
5. A Conceit is an extended metaphor, which can be further classified in metaphysical Conceits and Petrarchan Conceit
6. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
7. Synonyms for Complacences include bigheads, complacencies, conceits, conceitedness, egos, egotisms, pomposities, pompousnesses, prides and pridefulness
8. 15 From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.
9. Conceit One could luxuriate for long hours in similar acousmatic Conceits and their morbid implications, all those sinister telephone voices
10. A witty expression or fanciful idea: "opinionated and very funny in his Conceits" (Paul Theroux)
11. Petrarchan (after the Italian poet Petrarch) Conceits figure heavily in sonnets, and contrast more conventional sensual imagery to describe the experience of love.
12. As a result, Conceits are often mentioned in connection with simile, extended metaphors, and allegories since they also use comparisons or symbolic imagery
13. Yet the overall arc of this “Justice League” Coheres throughout, providing occasional dashes of intrigue and inspired visual conceits, and sometimes it’s even fun.
14. 22 The glimmer of this luminary suggested the above conceits to Mr. Dimmesdale, who smiled- nay, almost laughed at them- and then wondered if he were going mad.
15. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) God, fell into the most gross and absurd conceits: and it was the just punishment of their pride and self-Conceitedness
16. Burton's odd turns and quirks of expression, his whimsical and Affectate fancies, his kindly sarcasm, his far-fetched conceits, his deep-lying pathos, descended by inheritance of genius to
17. Petrarchan Conceit, which was popular during the Renaissance, is a hyperbolic comparison to describe a lover.These Conceits were often used in love poetry to compare a lover to grandeur physical objects such as sun, moon, gems, etc.
18. (KJV ASV WBS) Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath Befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come