Use "prided" in a sentence

1. She prided herself

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2. Kara signed herself out of the records office and the two women walked in silence along the street towards the little café – one of the larger chains that prided itself on the quality of its coffee, Kara noted with dismay

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3. people he had only just met, and indeed prided himself on his ability

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4. He prided himself on the flavors he could imagine from them, and was interested in souls with highly developed culinary senses

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5. They prided themselves on the professions they pursued without regret, nor with any feelings of personal sacrifice or loss of womanly opportunity

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6. Big Ed prided himself on knowing all of our names because authoritarian figures have more power when they know your name

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7. everything she had always prided herself against

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8. The door, as always, was open; she prided herself on always

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9. If present attitudes are any indication of contemporary society‘s harsh assessment of its past, our society should not expect much sympathy from future generations that can only wonder how a society that called itself civilized and prided itself on its ―evolving standards of decency‖ could have condoned such barbarous practices

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10. Sylvia always prided herself on her ability to identify people’s character

11. Johnson prided himself on being a responsible person and he saw that giving Mia away was evading his responsibility

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12. always looked for good workers and prided himself on hiring those persons whom he thought would work out in the best interests of

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13. He prided himself on conquering white females; something his grandfather could not lay hands on—combining sizzling Kamasutra experiments with artistic and sensitive foreplays

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14. They prided themselves on openness and freedom of choice

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15. Businessmen didn’t stay there with their families; they visited and stayed for a few days; software people there were young couples and childfree; but musicians lived there and prided themselves on their houses

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16. She worked herself up to GS-9 lab technician and prided herself on being the first woman to supervise men there, back when that was “unusual

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17. Not that he prided himself on a deep

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18. He prided himself on his

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19. His comments were all slanted toward moving what I prided as my objectivity to a more liberal viewpoint

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20. He prided himself on what a stroke of genius it

21. He prided himself in thinking he was the

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22. He wrought the victory with his arm and scattered those who prided themselves in their opinions

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23. The cheese too was potent, a local blending, he assumed, not one he recognised, but every village he had ever travelled through always prided itself on the distinctiveness of its own local cheeses

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24. Casey Jones had prided himself in making such fast time, that he’d named his locomotive “The Cannonball

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25. The pub prided itself on the table service and diners would come from miles around to enjoy the traditional meals and pleasant ambiance that resulted from an elegant décor and soft carpets underfoot

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26. “Time was when I prided myself on being and being called a British subject

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27. One day she was polishing a set of two sterling-silver tankards that she prided having in her possession and realized that apart from her wedding ring they were the only two valuable material things that she possessed

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28. One of the things he prided

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29. ―Inside the movie theatre, I prided myself on not being afraid of anything (or not much at least)

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30. The Greek prided himself on his smarts and felt the equal of any man in the game of wits

31. Bill had always prided himself on his self-control

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32. prided himself, maybe foolishly, that he was one step ahead, and

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33. Her skin had a youthful glow to it and she prided herself in the way her new cloths fitted her

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34. Stellar Interstellar prided itself on the confidentiality with which it conducted its clients’ business

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35. Riz prided himself at being the best, so arriving a week before anyone else was nothing new

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36. He prided himself on seeing a greater picture than other people, an encompassing understanding of humanity

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37. ” After all, not everyone could be as perfect and proper as the British who had prided themselves upon these characteristics for generations

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38. I have always prided myself on being a fighter, and

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39. It was something I always prided myself on

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40. They prided themselves on maintaining, unblemished by alcohol, the fastest of responses

41. shopkeepers who prided themselves on running clean, honest businesses

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42. Undoubtedly, poor preparations by a military force that prided itself on thoroughness was a major factor that contributed to failure

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43. He prided himself with the production figures of the German armaments industry, which he had boosted to an amazing extent; preferring to overlook the fact that the enemy's armaments figures were immensely higher

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44. Pierre and Susan prided themselves in being open-minded, tolerant people, but the way their daughter’s career as a field agent of the Time Patrol was turning was not much to their liking

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45. prided himself on his ability to blend in with the natives of the planet he was visiting

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46. Earlier, perhaps, Arjun had prided himself on the excellence of his skill

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47. The agency prided itself in reliability and low cost

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48. Terrorists seen as heroes among the disenfranchised, prided themselves on suicide missions, giving their lives happily as ‘patriots’ who hoped their acts of murder and destruction would force the powers-that-be to return their ‘homeland’ to their own people

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49. Even in a city that prided itself on its pleasing architecture, the temple’s majestic appearance stood out like a sore thumb

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50. They believed that they were the descendants of Satan himself and prided themselves on being evil

51. Although I prided myself on our productions, I saw now that we were barely professionals

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52. Canberra prided itself on its harmony with the natural environment

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53. Caramarin prided himself on being good for his age

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54. She should have felt embarrassed at showing such emotion—Aazuria had always prided herself on being stone-faced, as was expected of undersea royalty

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55. He had always prided himself on his skill as a swimmer

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56. This DOL grant was competitive and I always prided myself on getting our grant writing staff to outline and submit the best grants in the nation

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57. It seemed difficult to believe, but Robin prided himself on being ready to believe anything at a moment's notice, especially if it was the worst, and he called it having an open mind

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58. He had always prided himself on being able to bring men home to their wives and children at the end of the season

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59. Petra prided herself on grand exits

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60. They’d always prided themselves on being able to read each other’s thoughts

61. Madam Agnes prided herself on her understanding of men, but Jamie McGregor was a puzzle to her

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62. My sister prided herself on her morals and taking money for a séance where the ghost was a friend of mine probably bordered on unethical in her book

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63. He’d never experienced a recruit like this one, not in all his days, and he prided himself fiercely on his acquisition

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64. ways prided myself on being a great teacher; but, to have a great

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65. speed but in the past I have prided myself on being a quick

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66. He was an elderly gentleman, obviously intelligent who prided himself on being frank and upright

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67. Inside the movie theater, I prided myself on not being afraid of anything, or not

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68. It hurt to lose in something I prided myself about, but I got over it, just barely

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69. I nodded, “Chantry has always prided himself on sending his people out with the best of everything

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70. All of the bravery and courage she prided

71. a mortal into the city, a city that prided itself for millennia on being full

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72. ’ They prided themselves on a theology built exclusively on revelation

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73. But, in short, it is very manifest that he had one alone whom he made mistress of his will, to whom he commended himself very frequently and very secretly, for he prided himself on being a reticent knight

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74. But besides all this, he reminded him that if he prided himself on being a gentleman and a Christian, he could not do otherwise than keep his plighted word; and that in doing so he would obey God and meet the approval of all sensible people, who know and recognised it to be the privilege of beauty, even in one of humble birth, provided virtue accompany it, to be able to raise itself to the level of any rank, without any slur upon him who places it upon an equality with himself; and furthermore that when the potent sway of passion asserts itself, so long as there be no mixture of sin in it, he is not to be blamed who gives way to it

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75. In fact, he rather prided himself on his narrow escapes, and liked to thrill the girls with graphic accounts of his triumphs over wrathful tutors, dignified professors, and vanquished enemies

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76. "Am I selfish?" The question slipped out involuntarily and in a tone of surprise, for the one virtue on which he prided himself was generosity

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77. Madeline prided herself on not caring what other people thought, but she cared about Renata thinking less of her daughter

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78. Her shoes were the newest thing in footwear (Edy Boardman prided herself that she was very petite but she never had a foot like Gerty MacDowell, a five, and never would ash, oak or elm) with patent toecaps and just one smart buckle over her higharched instep

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79. As athletes they prided themselves on their self-discipline

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80. It was clear that Chervil prided himself on knowing his rabbits by name

81. And at the confectioner’s, and at Fomin’s, and at Foulde’s he saw that he was expected; that they were pleased to see him, and prided themselves on his happiness, just as every one whom he had to do with during those days

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82. She unmistakably prided herself on her courage, and wished Anna to appreciate the fidelity of her friendship

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83. When he’d been younger and more foolish, he’d prided himself on his ability to drink other men, men twice his size, under the table

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84. He had always prided himself on his politics

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85. The regiments had entered and left the town with their bands playing, and by the Grand Duke’s orders the men had marched all the way in step (a practice on which the Guards prided themselves), the officers on foot and at their proper posts

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86. "The men of Helium have prided themselves that they have ever shown Barsoom how a nation of red men should live, now is our opportunity to show them how they should die

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87. Though with us she prided herself on her hero, Liza perhaps behaved quite diSferently alone with him ; I suspect so indeed from various facts, of which, however, I will also speak later

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88. He prided himself on them, and was quite a specialist on the mechanism of the revolver

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89. The Epanchins prided themselves upon the good opinion people held of them

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90. Then Lyamshin, who prided himself on playing the fool, took a bunch of grapes from the plate; another, laughing, followed his example, and a third stretched out his hand for the Chateau d'Yquem

91. Maria Alexandrovna prided herself on this room, and always used it on state occasions

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92. I knew a gentleman who prided himself all his life on being a connoisseur of Lafitte

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