All the rest is just talk for writers with pretensions of saving libraries from burning, among whom I include myself.

Source: https://spectator.org/pursue-culture-not-death-this-vacation/

Genre fans will get their money’s worth from “,” a violent and grisly crime-horror-action outing with no pretensions of being anything else.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-price-we-pay-review-1235488305/

He joined expeditions to both the South and North Poles, confessing in the book (to the unending delight of journalists, whatever their pretensions to the contrary) that during the latter he contracted a case of frostnip in his “todger.”

Source: https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/prince-harry-book-spare-sales-review.html?via=rss

Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy shine as a murderous chef and a surprise guest at his exclusive restaurant in this comedic horror about the pretensions of fine dining.

Source: https://screenrant.com/hulu-best-movies/

The 30-year-old Amritpal does not have pretensions or niceties when it comes to his core beliefs.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amritpal-singh-a-radical-preacher/article66553973.ece

Whatever pretensions to ‘grassroots’ DNA the voice is purported to hold, it will be instantiated as a national, nay, body.

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/09/the-voice-of-unreason-no-easy-way-out-of-this-mess/