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Meanings of too proud in English

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Usage of too proud in English
1
She shrugged, wanting some help, but too proud to ask for it.
Labyrinth
2
Of course, a failing Clemens, still too proud, never gave the signal.
The Yankee Years
3
The tribe is strong, but not too proud to run if necessary.
The seeker
4
She paid her own way and wasn't too proud to admit it.
Tough customer: a novel
5
Was he too proud to defend himself, or had he given up?
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
6
Olazábal is too proud and meticulous to undermine his Ryder Cup work.
The Guardian
7
He was too proud to admit the extent of his family's poverty.
With friends like these
8
Her eyes glittered in the candle-light with tears too proud to fall.
Clayhanger
9
She has said nothing; she has been too proud and too considerate.
Confidence
10
She had always been too proud for coquetry; she remained so now.
Wife in Name Only
11
I also asked myself if I had been too proud, too hypersensitive.
Bring the Jubilee
12
Still the lad was too proud to yield the point without protest.
Two Boys in Wyoming: A Tale of Adventure / (Northwest Series, No...
13
The colonists were too free, too proud of their charters and constitutions.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
14
He had answered the question which she was too proud to ask.
The Velvet Glove
15
Sometimes you can't be too proud about whatdraws people to your ministry.
Unleashing the power of rubber bands: lessons in non-linear lead...
16
But I was both too proud and too much of a coward.
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
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Too proud through the time
Too proud across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common