pride
/pɹaɪd/ verb C2- To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. · I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
He/she/it prides · Past prided · Past participle prided · -ing form priding
Verb forms
- Base form
- pride
- He/she/it
- prides
- Past
- prided
- Past participle
- prided
- -ing form
- priding
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The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the inside pocket of his greatcoat.
Bennet had been strongly inclined to ask them to stay and dine there that day; but, though she always kept a very good table, she did not think anything less than two courses could be good enough for a man on whom she had such anxious designs, or satisfy the appetite and pride of one who had ten thousand a year.
Rachel prided herself on always speaking her mind; she proceeded to speak it now, having adjusted her mental attitude to this amazing piece of news.
de Villefort.” Villefort’s eyes were filled with tears of joy and pride; he took the cross and kissed it.
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