“He irked his friends by constantly talking of his body transformation in a boastful fashion.”

“The band makes no bones about acknowledging their soul, funk, and jazz roots of hip-hop without being pretentious posers.”

“He was an arrogant man who was always big-noting himself.”

“In the shelter of the steep declivity of a range of hills, stood a huge roofless shed, on which an already inflated air balloon was impatiently tugging at its ropes.”

“This pretentious pasta dish has too many unnecessary ingredients.”