I sounded pretentious even to myself and tried again.

This sounds a lot more pretentious than it is.

Law is worried, he says, that the "spiritual journey" stuff sounds pretentious.

It sounded pretentious enough, like something he would say.

In response he adopted his nickname specifically because it sounded pretentious.

In another this might have sounded pretentious; not with Etdeerg.

It is a word that might sound pretentious coming from another performer.

Maybe that sounds pretentious, but I think jazz is all about being honest.

"And without wanting to sound horribly pretentious, that's something I like to play with."

From another person, those claims and hopes might sound pretentious.