1
Some violently assumed airs of indifference and of alarming respectability.
2
The Nines and Tens assumed airs as though they belonged to the Great Court Cards.
3
She assumed airs of helplessness until they did not think her capable of lacing her own shoes.
4
He assumed airs that ill became one who was really ignorant of many things connected with ranch life.
5
The party walked round the Gardens unmolested nor have we grounds for supposing they assumed airs of state in the style of a previous generation.