VANITY


Meaning of VANITY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

vanity case

vanity plate

vanity press

vanity table

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

case

She was carrying a small vanity case in one hand and her handbag in the other.

A vanity case landed on top of the gearshift.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Her vanity kept her from getting a hearing aid.

His life is driven by vanity . He has to drive around in the most expensive car and wear the best designer clothes.

Jo's vanity wouldn't let her walk past a mirror without looking in it.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Vanity by any other name is still vanity.

Her older sisters plaited and decorated her hair, encouraging an already overdeveloped vanity .

His erect pompadour stands as proof that his male vanity is unharmed despite his incarceration.

However, little things which affect our vanity often influence us more strongly than major things which could affect our health.

The fury aroused by his anti-Pitt eloquence was at once frightening and flattering to his vanity .

They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep.

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