Meanings of rather pretentious in English

It does seem rather pretentious having my name and world champion on it.

It was rather pretentious, well built, with great columns in front supporting double verandas.

It was to be a rather pretentious building, with gardens and stables and barns.

Now there was talk of medical college, which after a literature degree seemed rather pretentious.

Under this rather pretentious title an attempt is made to indicate certain elements of worry.

He was in evening dress, and wore a monocle; his manner was frigid and rather pretentious.

Sina's parents struck oil years and years ago, and built a rather pretentious house in Veedersburg.

Oh, this scheme of his looks rather pretentious to me-holding up the old gas companies here.

The marshal had followed it to a rather pretentious Mexican rancho, where there was a small store kept.

These hotels are rather pretentious.

The family mansion of the Des Meloises was a tall and rather pretentious edifice overlooking the fashionable Rue St. Louis.

The president of Middletown College had been as much relieved as pleased by the success of the rather pretentious celebration he had planned.

A large unused house stood in a clearing, evidently once a rather pretentious summer residence, though now there were many signs of delapidation.

His home is rather pretentious with several chambers, and a most delightfully furnished nursery which is warmly padded with dry grass and moss.

The cab drew up in front of the rather pretentious home and he stepped forth, dazed and uncertain, his knees stiff, his eyes set.

This was a rather pretentious two-story brick structure, in the old solid, square architecture, surrounded by a small orchard, some hickories, and a garden.