Explore Vainglory through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like conceit or vanity. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Vainglory in a sentence
Vainglory meaning
- Excessive vanity.
- Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
- Vain, ostentatious display.
Using Vainglory
- The main meaning on this page is: Excessive vanity. | Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities. | Vain, ostentatious display.
- Useful related words include: boastfulness, conceit, conceitedness, vanity.
Context around Vainglory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vainglory
- In this selection, "vainglory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1500, main, gain, main and latin stand out and add context to how "vainglory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include c 1500 vainglory main vainglory and haviour of vainglory. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vainglory" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vainglory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He could, however, gain vainglory and self-exaltation by murdering as many Palestinians as possible to satisfy the unquenchable vengeful Israeli culture. (22 words)
Segerstrale said the company is shifting from the “mobile-first” strategy that served it well with Vainglory to a “cloud-first” strategy with Spellfire. (24 words)
Detail of Pride from The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Hieronymous Bosch, c. 1500 Vainglory main Vainglory (Latin, vanagloria main) is unjustified boasting. (27 words)
Ever enshrined in the hearts of Israel was the hope that Zion might be restored, not for their own pride or vainglory, but as a living witness to the truth of Thy word which shall lead the nations to peace. (40 words)
Oxford English dictionary As a result of these semantic changes, vainglory has become a rarely used word in itself, and is now commonly interpreted as referring to vanity (in its modern narcissistic sense). (33 words)
Elizabeth had good reason not to place too much trust in her commanders, who once in action tended, as she put it herself, "to be transported with an haviour of vainglory". (31 words)
Example sentences (6)
Detail of Pride from The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Hieronymous Bosch, c. 1500 Vainglory main Vainglory (Latin, vanagloria main) is unjustified boasting.
He could, however, gain vainglory and self-exaltation by murdering as many Palestinians as possible to satisfy the unquenchable vengeful Israeli culture.
Segerstrale said the company is shifting from the “mobile-first” strategy that served it well with Vainglory to a “cloud-first” strategy with Spellfire.
Ever enshrined in the hearts of Israel was the hope that Zion might be restored, not for their own pride or vainglory, but as a living witness to the truth of Thy word which shall lead the nations to peace.
Elizabeth had good reason not to place too much trust in her commanders, who once in action tended, as she put it herself, "to be transported with an haviour of vainglory".
Oxford English dictionary As a result of these semantic changes, vainglory has become a rarely used word in itself, and is now commonly interpreted as referring to vanity (in its modern narcissistic sense).