PROUD in a Sentence

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For PROUD, below is one of 257 sentences:
He's that proud he don't even like his oldest friends to go there; and I don't know as any do, any more, except myself and the doctor.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROUD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
proud
 a.  having great dignity or nobility
 a.  feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He therefore made his demand with the awkwardness of a proud man who will not admit to himself that he is stooping; and he was not much surprised at Hale's refusal.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  He's that proud he don't even like his oldest friends to go there; and I don't know as any do, any more, except myself and the doctor.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  She never did beat Boyd much because he's the oldest and besides he's the runt of the litter, said Stuart, proud of his six feet two.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  But they were as fiercely proud in their poverty as the planters were in their wealth, and they would accept nothing that smacked of charity from their rich neighbors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  It's lying you are, and I'm proud of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  They were proud of the good names of their owners and, for the most part, proud to belong to people who were quality, while he was despised by all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  These were traits of which Southern women were proud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  Mammy pulled and jerked vigorously and, as the tiny circumference of whalebone-girdled waist grew smaller, a proud, fond look came into her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  She had always been so proud of never feeling giddy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  She was proud of Gerald and what he had accomplished unaided except by his shrewd Irish brain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  They were proud of the place, proud of its growth, proud of themselves for making it grow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  Before the war there had been few cotton factories, woolen mills, arsenals and machine shops south of Maryland--a fact of which all Southerners were proud.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
13  As they progressed down the street, through the sucking mud, Scarlett bubbled over with questions and Peter answered them, pointing here and there with his whip, proud to display his knowledge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
14  Of course, Mr. Stephens couldn't help how he looked for he had been an invalid all his life, but Mr. Davis-- She looked up at the cameo clean, proud face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  Several of the proud mothers of members of the militia were standing close by and overheard the remark.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
16  I am happy, indeed proud, to be associated with this project.
17  He was too proud to join in our fun.
18  Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.
19  She was proud that the magazine had agreed to publish one of her stories.
20  I am proud to be given such an opportunity.
21  Seth was the proud owner of a new sports car.
22  He's now the proud owner of a cottage in Wales.
23  He was now the proud owner of a bright red sports car.
24  For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.
25  She was too proud to show her grief in public.
26  She is so proud that she will not condescend to speak to us.
27  She was proud that her daughter had so much talent.
28  Miss Ingram had now seated herself with proud grace at the piano.
29  Jim was monstrous proud about it, and he got so he would hardly notice the other niggers.
30  When Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.