How to Use presumptuous in a Sentence

presumptuous

adjective

• Even the name of Clinton’s PAC has a presumptuous ring to it.
  — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 9 June 2017
• For most of us, seeing a few presumptuous ads is a tiny price to pay.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2017
• Chloe and Heidi brought it up at the same time, 'Wow that's presumptuous.
  — Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 6 Feb. 2018
• Chloe and Heidi brought up at the same time, 'Wow that's presumptuous.
  — Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 15 Aug. 2017
• This is not presumptuous of me to put myself in their number.
  — Roger Angell, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2017
• Both Reed and Somerhalder laughed through the retelling of the birth-control episode and Somerhalder’s, um, presumptuous courting habits.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 22 Sep. 2017
• That line of thinking seems haughty and presumptuous even in normal times.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2022
• Those negative takes were a bit presumptuous at the time as critics were only given the first three episodes to binge.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• Would've been funny, but presumptuous, since Riddle has to work his way onto the big-league roster.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
• Only the Red Sox would be presumptuous enough to name a poet laureate.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
• There were some in the UK, and even on this side of the pond, who wanted the queen to assert her authority and slap down her presumptuous grandson and his uppity wife.
  — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
• In the hands of someone less subtle and humane, Ms. Hakakian’s exercise could be seen as presumptuous.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
• On her first day back, her presumptuous mother signs her up for a job interview at her alma mater.
  — Patrice Gillespie, Essence, 18 Aug. 2022
• That's a bit presumptuous, of course, but there are no signs Boston can contain the indomitable James, who in his 14th season may be playing better than at any time in his life.
  — Tom Withers, courant.com, 20 May 2017
• That’s even a little presumptuous: Wright hasn’t written a formal emoji proposal, and has no plans to do so right now.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 18 Mar. 2020
• When Roberts proposed the name, The Masters, Jones objected, believing the name was too presumptuous.
  — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• To dream of greater pleasures (such as a fair society) seemed to Céline almost presumptuous.
  — Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2022
• But the strategy was presumptuous, and the follow-through was questionable.
  — Michael Barbaro, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2016
• To some, of course, that may be a good thing, a welcome change after years of dominance by a handful of entitled and presumptuous superclubs.
  — New York Times, 27 May 2021
• That may seem a bit presumptuous to those who would rather use the old strategy of peacocking around until someone notices.
  — Ira Bedzow, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• So, to confidently claim that explaining the human mind will just be too hard is presumptuous.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2011
• Now perhaps that sounds presumptuous or even something worse.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2020
• Max Tachis is amusingly oblivious as Scooter, an inept and presumptuous intern far too eager to be one of the guys.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2017
• Yellen’s proposal, which gets a nod in Biden’s infrastructure plan, is also more than a touch presumptuous.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2021
• The Kardashians and Jenners have learned to tune out the haters, like trolls who make unsolicited, presumptuous comments about their appearances.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 17 Aug. 2019
• A college pitcher who shakes off his catcher is presumptuous by nature.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 8 May 2017
• But many Bangladeshis have come to see India as a patronising and presumptuous ally.
  — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2020
• There’s the phrase itself, both presumptuous and menacing.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 27 Nov. 2020
• Of course, drawing too many direct associations between Howard and Guardians at this point would be presumptuous.
  — Barry Thompson, Esquire, 31 July 2014
• This may sound presumptuous, but Benioff hasn’t been shy in airing his concerns about the commercial heart of the city where he was born, and where his company occupies three towers at Fremont and Mission streets.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Mar 2024