“Her vanity would not allow her to believe that he was not totally infatuated with her.”

“The eroded head of a figure on a tombstone suggests the vanity of attempts to stem the ravages of time.”

“Eva sat at her vanity table, brushing her long dark hair, absent-mindedly, thinking of other things.”

“Yet the book is a heavy volume of historic narcissism, a magnum opus of upper-class vainglory and scrupulous evasion.”

“Her constant bragging and need for attention showcased her unwarranted vainness, overshadowing any genuine humility.”

“The vainness of his attempts to change her mind became increasingly apparent as she remained steadfast in her decision.”

“Drive it out and along with it any taints of vainness, distrust, hatred or other such clouds shadowing your life.”

“There's a vague radical unease about the vaingloriousness and opulence of it all.”

“Although they realized his vaingloriousness after the war, it came too late in the day to save the president's skin.”

“One may detect a tone of self-righteous bigotry and decry it, as one may regret some of Paul's vaingloriousness.”

“He only ever sat for the occasional portrait and despised the excesses and vanities of his day.”

“A man is inseparable from his congenital vanities and stupidities, as a dog is inseparable from its fleas.”

“The American presidential election turned out to be a bonfire of the vanities for the acolytes of political correctness.”