Meanings of own presumption in English

Every now and then he was aghast at his own presumption.

Laura greeted him with her eyes, and then blushed deeply over her own presumption.

He wondered at his own presumption in denying any living thing participation in the universe.

The one my easiness; the other your own presumption.

I know my own presumption in thus speaking.

Now I stand aghast at my own presumption.

David was dazzled at her, and awestruck at her beauty and mien, and at his own presumption.

I perceive I shall share the fate of all unwelcome counsellors, but can only blame my own presumption.

None else were punished for faults which lay chiefly in the King's own presumption in imagining himself the instrument of Providence.

I smile down at them; it is as if we are all about to burst out laughing at our own presumption.

He began to wonder at his own presumption in receiving one of Los Angeles' leading citizens as he had received Cliff Lowell.

The thought of beholding a Deity would once have thrilled Elenko with rapture, if this had not been checked by awe at her own presumption.

Calvary, it should be noted, is a film that is constantly commenting on itself, looking askance in the mirror and chuckling at its own presumption.

You need to keep trimming away your own presumptions, because otherwise they'll just grow back.

He mocked his own presumptions.

"She's the star above me," he said; "and I am crushed by my own presumption.