How do you use Poseur in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like poser or exhibitionist, plus the exact meaning.
Poseur meaning
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
Synonyms of Poseur
Using Poseur
- The main meaning on this page is: One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
- Useful related words include: poser, exhibitionist, show-off.
- In the example corpus, poseur often appears in combinations such as: to poseur, poseur buyer.
Context around Poseur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Poseur
- In this selection, "poseur" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, manic, young, mocker, buyer, hoping and adjacent stand out and add context to how "poseur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and insecure poseur and and mocker poseur trifler and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "poseur" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with poseur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is It 'Poser' or 'Poseur'? (5 words)
We spoke of the writer who had read his work—a poseur, she thought. (14 words)
He may be named only to be cursed as wanton and mocker, poseur, trifler and vagrant. (16 words)
The issue of authenticity is important in the punk subculture—the pejorative term " poseur " is applied to those who associate with punk and adopt its stylistic attributes but are deemed not to share or understand the underlying values and philosophy. (40 words)
In another report, the Region 4A police said anti-narcotic operatives in Kalayaan town held “Arnel” at 10:30 p.m. after he sold shabu worth P500 to a poseur buyer in Barangay Longos. (34 words)
If she tried, she was destined to be seen as either a poseur or, in the best-case scenario, as a distant second choice for the party’s socialist vanguard. (30 words)
Is It 'Poser' or 'Poseur'? (5 words)
Example sentences (12)
Eventually, the woman left a one-star Google rating for the clinic, calling Dr Vujovic 'a poseur and a bluffer'.
Lam and Ng have oppositional energy that plays entertainingly when they’re working together: Lam the cool, collected professional and Ng the manic poseur hoping to muddle through.
In another report, the Region 4A police said anti-narcotic operatives in Kalayaan town held “Arnel” at 10:30 p.m. after he sold shabu worth P500 to a poseur buyer in Barangay Longos.
If she tried, she was destined to be seen as either a poseur or, in the best-case scenario, as a distant second choice for the party’s socialist vanguard.
Just this week, police undercover agents also seized one kilo of shabu from 3 local men who sold the drug to a poseur buyer inside a restaurant in downtown Zamboanga.
We spoke of the writer who had read his work—a poseur, she thought.
As a blossoming punk rocker (read: young poseur) I hated the idea of someone else telling me what to wear.
Is It 'Poser' or 'Poseur'?
Once in the Jezebel office, I might waste an entire day of work stressing over whether Julianne Escobedo Shepherd thinks I look wack and/or poseur-adjacent.
He may be named only to be cursed as wanton and mocker, poseur, trifler and vagrant.
His associates fell into two camps: one that saw him as an aloof and impressive genius and aesthete, the other that saw him as a pretentious and insecure poseur.
The issue of authenticity is important in the punk subculture—the pejorative term " poseur " is applied to those who associate with punk and adopt its stylistic attributes but are deemed not to share or understand the underlying values and philosophy.
Common combinations with poseur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to poseur 2×
- poseur buyer 2×