How to Use prideful in a Sentence

prideful

adjective
  • This is a prideful team that knows it was dealt a bad hand this year.
    — Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • He was too hurt to go, and probably too prideful.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That, again, was a bridge too far for the prideful former player.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The two men have known each other for decades and both are hard-charging, prideful and brash.
    — chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2017
  • Rich remains far too prideful to snatch a petty spot at the table.
    — Connor Grossman, SI.com, 14 July 2017
  • Yes, there was an element of prideful bravado, that no one else should have it.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
  • My dad remains too prideful and stubborn — too macho — for his own good.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7?
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2022
  • Both teams are so good and stocked with prideful players, what is left in the tank for Game 7?
    — Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
  • Each woman took the stage to share their thanks and was met by the crowd with prideful tears and hopeful clapping.
    — Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The Lebanese are a prideful people and see themselves in Ajram.
    — Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026
  • Back on the playing field hearing the prideful chants of Texas Fight.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The women and men that do hair in this city are prideful people that wake up willing to serve others.
    — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Just the like the reputation of this region, these kids are tough, bright and prideful.
    — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • As someone who has a prideful demeanor, this can be challenging.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 26 Dec. 2025
  • One of the most prideful things in my personal life is heading up this family.
    — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Though a baby, the prideful troll acts like a mixture of mature and immature.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At the same time, victory can lead to prideful triumphalism that in its own way can distort what lies ahead.
    — Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • For the Connecticut Sun and its fans, the past is prideful, the future is murky.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Once too prideful to ask for help, Gloria Fuentes was stopping by her fourth cookout.
    — Andrew J. Campa Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Our elderly are hurting & too prideful to say anything.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Parker was the most prideful man ever to set his ego aside, over and over and over again, and willingly play third fiddle.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 6 July 2018
  • If the sender is prideful, the box may be full of expensive products even if the sender’s bank account is nearing empty.
    — Frank Shyong, latimes.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Too poor to make any house repairs and too prideful to ask for help, Gloria's house was in total disrepair.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2020
  • When Linda Cummings talks about her children, the prideful tone in her voice cannot be denied.
    — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The standout here is Aquaman, portrayed as a prideful lord of Atlantis that just wants to be liked.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 29 July 2022
  • The standout here is Aquaman, portrayed as a prideful lord of Atlantis that just wants to be liked.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The strong and prideful Tiger arrived third, exhausted from its journey against the strong currents.
    — Frances Lee, Woman's Day, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The strong and prideful Tiger arrived third, exhausted from its journey against the strong currents.
    — Frances Lee, Woman's Day, 19 Jan. 2023
  • And God help the prideful actor who would dare butcher the work of William Shakespeare in front of him.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2022

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