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Example sentences for: pretentions

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In contrast to Estoril’s pretentions, Cascais is an agreeable combination of fishing port, residence for aristocrats, and tourist resort.
However, such pretentions were never realized, and finally the avenue linked Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church to nothing grander than the Halensee railway station.