Wondering how to use Presumptuous in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as assuming or forward.
Presumptuous meaning
Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits.
Using Presumptuous
- The main meaning on this page is: Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits.
- Useful related words include: assumptive, assuming, forward.
- In the example corpus, presumptuous often appears in combinations such as: presumptuous of, be presumptuous, presumptuous and.
Context around Presumptuous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Presumptuous
- In this selection, "presumptuous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, downright, anyway, little, dislike, enough and extreme stand out and add context to how "presumptuous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little presumptuous of him and be so presumptuous that we. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "presumptuous" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with presumptuous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is anyway presumptuous. (4 words)
I don’t like how presumptuous his sister is. (9 words)
You’re being pretty presumptuous about the whole thing. (9 words)
Needless to say, any expectation of a win, easy or otherwise, within the Cork camp would be dangerous, but one has to assume no one in there thinks they are in any position to be complacent or presumptuous. (38 words)
P.S. avoid assuming someone’s gender identity, nationality or religious affiliation based on their name; it’s presumptuous and not in a cute, we-went-out-only-twice-but-I-like-you-already way. (35 words)
Sanders has made no final decisions on a potential running mate or cabinet officers, and did not direct the inquiry, nor was he involved in it, as he considers such questions premature and presumptuous. (34 words)
How come nobody has brought up the school that's presumptuous enough to call itself "The U"? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
I guess it was presumptuous of me to believe that I, even with my good intentions, would be the billion-dollar winner.
I thought you were merely an opinionated Whig with a presumptuous dislike of slavery and trade.
Needless to say, any expectation of a win, easy or otherwise, within the Cork camp would be dangerous, but one has to assume no one in there thinks they are in any position to be complacent or presumptuous.
Asked about his intentions, he said it would be “presumptuous” of him to consider the PN leadership especially when there was no vacancy.
Asking allies to think ahead to a new world order, and without ringing ahead to test the idea, was naive, if not downright presumptuous.
It is anyway presumptuous.
It is presumptuous of the Beacon to speak for the people of Andover, which is why we never do.
Sanders has made no final decisions on a potential running mate or cabinet officers, and did not direct the inquiry, nor was he involved in it, as he considers such questions premature and presumptuous.
You might close some schools when they get the flu, we need to not be so presumptuous that we know everything!" he added.
How come nobody has brought up the school that's presumptuous enough to call itself "The U"?
However, like so many things on the Internet, that announcement may have been presumptuous.
I don’t like how presumptuous his sister is.
I think it’s a little presumptuous of him to get on a podcast and talk down about a company that gave him such opportunities.
It would be presumptuous of me to say that I could be a mentor in that way.
Madhubala’s father translated this thought as ‘rude and presumptuous’ and convinced Madhubala against Dilip Kumar.
P.S. avoid assuming someone’s gender identity, nationality or religious affiliation based on their name; it’s presumptuous and not in a cute, we-went-out-only-twice-but-I-like-you-already way.
The Red Flag law, as written, is presumptuous, extreme, and backward,” said Sheriff, of Eagle County, Colorado.
There is a big mental part too, preparing yourself so that success doesn’t go to your head and knowing how to handle fame and to not be presumptuous.
This hasn't been reciprocated, and now I'm ostracised, Noticing some family events on Facebook, I challenged Dad, who said I was presumptuous to expect an invitation, then unfriended and blocked me.
You’re being pretty presumptuous about the whole thing.
Common combinations with presumptuous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- presumptuous of 6×
- be presumptuous 4×
- presumptuous and 4×
- is presumptuous 3×
- was presumptuous 2×
- or presumptuous 2×
- and presumptuous 2×
- presumptuous enough 2×