After all, these doctrines had come from the lips of a divine being, whom it would be presumptuous in a mere mortal to attempt to imitate.
Friends have made a presumptuous attempt to fathom the depth of my ignorance upon artistic subjects, and they have thought that in some respects I must be admirably qualified for art criticism.
Is it thus, presumptuous Knight of Ellerslie," cried Soulis, "that by your looks you dare encourage contumely to the lord regent and his peers?
Are you not afraid, presumptuous young man, thus to provoke your sovereign?
Suddenly, as if expressly to rebuke the too presumptuous confidence of those who were thus thoughtlessly sanguine, the blare of a trumpet was heard from a different quarter of the forest, and about two miles to the right of the city.
With all my heart; if our father Adam is wrong, I am sure it would be presumptuous in me to be right; so drive me as fast as possible.
The world is singularly indulgent toward persons of this unphilosophical, illogical, presumptuous class.
Rumkin, a presumptuous man, who thinks it his special mission in life to set everything wrong right, rushes between them, and is told by both to "mind his own business.
It is well that the infallible church should have been founded on this rock, that the presumptuous Peter should hold the keys, as the conquering Jove did before his thunderbolts, to be seen of all the world.
Thou wilt not think me presumptuous in this saying, as another might.
We are so presumptuous that we would fain be known by the whole world, even by those who shall come after, when we are no more.
This has given occasion to such common titles as The Origin of Creation, The Principles of Philosophy, and the like, as presumptuous in fact though not in appearance as that dazzling one, De omni scibili.
But while deprecating all presumptuous prying into the secret nature of God, Waterland is perfectly ready to meet his adversaries on that ground on which alone he thinks the question can be discussed.
The body speaks louder than God himself; and our pride makes us presumptuous enough to judge without waiting for those words of truth, without which we cannot truly judge at all.
To write "I believe" is not only less presumptuous and aggressive in such matters than to write "it is true," but it is also nearer the reality of the case.
It is for the adversary to explain how presumptuous such an enterprise must be.
To this mastery Biddy's attitude was a candid and liberal tribute: the poor girl sat quenched and pale, as if in the blinding light of a comparison by which it would be presumptuous even to be annihilated.
Relinquishment of the opportunity to exercise a rare talent was not, in the nature of things, an easy effort to a young lady who was herself presumptuous as well as ambitious.
I'm not a little presumptuous ass; I'm a man accomplished and determined, and the omens are on my side.
There were occasions indeed that could scarce be too cruel to punish properly certain examples of presumptuous ineptitude.
Lady Agnes and her elder daughter exchanged one of their looks, and Nick exclaimed jocosely that he didn't see why the whole party should be sacrificed to a presumptuous child.
In 1857 we find it transferred from Bombay to Persia, and engaged in the expedition destined to chastise its vainglorious and presumptuous monarch.
I am sure I am far from perfect and it would look rather presumptuous to criticize Nancy who hasn't done anything to be criticized for.
Perhaps I deserved this check; for it was rather presumptuous in me, an entire stranger, to express any doubt of the justice of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.
It would be presumptuous to hope to be one of the three; but I do not think it was presumptuous in me to hope for some readers for my verse.
The Kaffirs, from whom my experience was gained, however low they ranked in savage society, had none of the offensive or presumptuous manners that are met with so frequently amongst the vulgar in civilisation.
By travellers, I may be considered presumptuous in attempting to write on South Africa, when I never crossed the Vaal river or penetrated far into the interior; but I must trust that they will pardon my temerity.
It now became his task to bend to his will the overstrong and over-presumptuous among the concerted families of the Ashikaga.
The most presumptuous insurrection of all stands to the credit of the Osaka priests.
Who is this presumptuous fellow who would take Carlyle in tutelage, foist himself upon the attention of the public by making a peep-show of the great essayist's faults?
As no one could disprove the comforting doctrine of eternal damnation, and there is a strong vein of superstition in even the best of men, the ignorant populace cowered in terror most pitiful at the feet of a presumptuous priesthood.
These prodigious operations, however, formed the subject of vexatious insults, paltry and presumptuous criticism, to his malignant enemies in England, with a view to lower his overwhelming influence at home.
Forgive me if I am presumptuous in asking the question.
Learn, ohpresumptuous mortal, that sacred and unyielding chastity is invulnerable to all the violence of men, and all the stratagems of goblins.
Edwin shall no more importune you with presumptuous vows.
For anything we know or can even imagine, the demand that there should be no pain is implicitly a demand that there should be no animal life and no world like the earth;--a most foolish and presumptuous demand.
It is obviously unreasonable and presumptuous to deny that the power of its Author may be infinite.
To admit the existence of God, and yet to refuse to acknowledge that He purposed and planned the adaptations and harmonies in nature, is surely as presumptuous as it is inconsistent.
But if the emperor, as a matter of course, refuses this unreasonable and presumptuous demand?
I am not so presumptuous as to expect that I will ever rival Prince Louis of Baden or Charles of Lorraine," said Eugene.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "presumptuous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
