How do you use the word pretense in a sentense?

The Word pretentious means, according to Merriam-Webster, "expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature."

In everyday terms, it can mean pompous, snobby, showy and ostentatious.


In a sentence:
Her disdain towards the lives of the "common folk" seemed to me to extremely pretentious.