Words similar to conceit

Example sentences for: conceit

How can you use “conceit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Prudie does not think the quote you mention is polite or impolite, but simply a journalistic conceit to state the obvious.
It's an intellectual conceit to think that nature is simple.”
That's the screenwriter's conceit.
But there's something deeply movie-ish about the whole conceit, as if the novelist and director were weaned on Martin Scorsese pictures and never stopped dreaming of recapturing that first masochistic rush.
Actually, Pitt isn't as terrible as usual: He's playing not a character but a conceit, and he can bask in his movie-idol arrogance, which seems to be the most authentic emotion he has.