How to Use presumptuous in a Sentence

presumptuous

adjective
  • For most of us, seeing a few presumptuous ads is a tiny price to pay.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2017
  • This is not presumptuous of me to put myself in their number.
    — Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2017
  • That line of thinking seems haughty and presumptuous even in normal times.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2022
  • Now perhaps that sounds presumptuous or even something worse.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Chloe and Heidi brought it up at the same time, 'Wow that's presumptuous.
    — Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Chloe and Heidi brought up at the same time, 'Wow that's presumptuous.
    — Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 15 Aug. 2017
  • On her first day back, her presumptuous mother signs her up for a job interview at her alma mater.
    — Patrice Gillespie, Essence, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Maybe some person will be presumptuous enough to wonder aloud what might have influenced the plot of this book.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Many felt that the mother-in-law was indeed being presumptuous.
    — Karen Fratti, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But somehow that feels rude, presumptuous and a bit intrusive.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Those negative takes were a bit presumptuous at the time as critics were only given the first three episodes to binge.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • That’s not to say Aspinall cannot compete with him in the latter rounds, but that would be highly presumptuous.
    — Brett Appley, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
  • Even the name of Clinton’s PAC has a presumptuous ring to it.
    — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 9 June 2017
  • Would've been funny, but presumptuous, since Riddle has to work his way onto the big-league roster.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The former athlete/coach-mind in me couldn’t help but cringe … is Notre Dame being too presumptuous here?
    — Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
  • So, to confidently claim that explaining the human mind will just be too hard is presumptuous.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2011
  • That may seem a bit presumptuous to those who would rather use the old strategy of peacocking around until someone notices.
    — Ira Bedzow, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • And his instinct to order another round of drinks without checking with his date is a little too presumptuous.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Going to say that’s a little bit presumptuous, Netflix.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • To dream of greater pleasures (such as a fair society) seemed to Céline almost presumptuous.
    — Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Only the Red Sox would be presumptuous enough to name a poet laureate.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • But the strategy was presumptuous, and the follow-through was questionable.
    — Michael Barbaro, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2016
  • On its face, this behavior is perplexing, presumptuous even.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Yellen’s proposal, which gets a nod in Biden’s infrastructure plan, is also more than a touch presumptuous.
    — The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2021
  • To some, of course, that may be a good thing, a welcome change after years of dominance by a handful of entitled and presumptuous superclubs.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2021
  • But these Prime exclusive home gifts, like the under-$30 candle warmer and this electric throw blanket, aren’t presumptuous.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But many Bangladeshis have come to see India as a patronising and presumptuous ally.
    — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Both Reed and Somerhalder laughed through the retelling of the birth-control episode and Somerhalder’s, um, presumptuous courting habits.
    — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Max Tachis is amusingly oblivious as Scooter, an inept and presumptuous intern far too eager to be one of the guys.
    — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Of course, drawing too many direct associations between Howard and Guardians at this point would be presumptuous.
    — Barry Thompson, Esquire, 31 July 2014

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