Example sentences for: presumptuous

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

  • "I don't know if the agency itself is aware of how arrogant and presumptuous it has become."

  • Safire's prissy and presumptuous subjectivity is exemplified by the experts in the public relations department of Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

  • Some readers might think him a bit presumptuous.

  • Will demurred when Larry King asked him about the commissioner's job last week, and he gave me spin when I asked: He still likes writing his column, he says, and "it's presumptuous to talk about accepting something that has not been offered."

  • The Map Room was the right choice: The Oval Office would have been presumptuous and seamy (Where's that private study, Bill?)


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