There remayneth then onely the house of Scotland, and namely the Kinge's tytle, for of Arbellae's pretention C.
We cannot be too simple in grasping this truth, at a time like the present, when ecclesiastical pretention is rising to such a height.
Nothing could be more unbecoming in us than pretention or assumption, or the putting forth of high-sounding ecclesiastical claims.
How false and untenable such a pretention is, surely needs no lengthy argument.
I have often heard of the Konia family as having a sort of pretention to the throne, as descending from Seljuk Sultans or some other dynasty overthrown by Othman or his successors.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pretention" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
