pride

He prided himself on having never been beaten in class. Having been given such a good chance, how could she let it slip away?

Among the dishes served up to him, the landlord especially recommended a certain giblet of 'native rabbit ', on which he prided himself.

Although a GE lifer, he had prided himself on not being a typical GE boss, and was an unexpected choice to lead the business in 1981.

it was the right thing to do. I forged trust with my readers through good times and bad and prided myself on my name and word.

The unrest was urban, close to seats of party power and embarrassing to a party that prided itself on being the champion of the proletariat.

Later Gauss repaid Kastner, who also prided himself on his poetry, by lauding Kastner as the best poet among mathematicians.

I prided myself enormously on being the only person around who knew where they grew, their Latin names and their blooming times.

She prided herself on her ability to speak many foreign languages .

For the half century following the war, Japan prided itself on being the most law-abiding country in the industrialised world.

He prided himself on having never been beaten in chess.

He prided himself on having never been beaten.

He was a man who prided himself not on his kill record, but on his record of never losing a squadron member.

They were catered to by smaller independent private banks who prided themselves on their high-touch personal service .

As someone who has prided himself on being able to reduce complex problems to simple messages, I am totally stumped by derivatives.

She prided herself on her intelligence.

Private banks have long prided themselves on discretion and tailor-made financial management for the very wealthy.

The older brother, by contrast, prided himself on how well he obeyed all of his father's rules.

The Java platform has traditionally prided itself on its platform independence.

she prided herself on her cooking.

He viewed capitalist society as awashwith fantasy and fetishism, myth and idolatry, however much it prided itself on its modernity.

I had prided myself on being quite the enlightened husband for ceding control of our day-to-day finances.

She prided herself on her beauty.

I've always prided myself on being . . . well, nuts. But in this firm, I find myself falling into the sane category.

He prided himself on being a scientist, a psychologist who believed only in the measurable material world.

For decades, Paris has prided itself on its separateness from Washington.

The school prided itself on making conditions and facilities available that would enable all its students to reach their full potential .

Indeed the Paris Opera always prided itself in its innovation.

Peking University has always prided itself on producing the most outstanding students in the country.

People are encouraged by the victory, regretted for the fault, prided for their participating in the game.

Malaysia has long prided itself as a model for ethnic harmony.

I have always prided myself on being an efficient player and I always expect myself to shoot a high percentage.

The Eagles prided themselves on being clean living, not using cuss words and treating each other with respect.

We have always prided ourselves on being not only America the strong and America the free, but America the beautiful.

The Chinese have long prided themselves on their traditional, Confucian reverence for the elderly.

Throughout his career he has prided himself on his sound judgment.

Emil's fraternity rather prided itself upon its dances.

The UK prided itself on having as advanced a financial system and as sophisticated a system of regulation as anywhere.

They've always prided themselves on their hard work and independence.

During my three years working, I prided myself in my thrift and planning.

I had always prided myself on my self-sufficiency and prized my private time.

prided ourselves on our good work.

He prided himself on being a teacher.

The Chinese government has prided itself on taking a long-term view of China's own development.

The oil enterprise culture represented by the spirit of "Iron Man" is a banner prided by the working class of our country for a long time.

These hackers prided themselves on not only their ability to create new programs, but also to learn how other programs and systems worked.

professor zhu prided himself as an expert on linguistics

We are prided of its effect;