- past tense form of aggrandize.
- past participle of aggrandize.
aggrandized
Example Sentences
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Chalamet is, of course, playing a character — an outsized version of himself, built atop the already aggrandized persona he’s become known for in his relatively short career.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025
The official estimates had seemed inflated, deliberately aggrandized, exaggerated for dramatic effect, right up until the planes started landing and the streets started filling.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
“He is not standing stoically or posed ‘heroically’ on a pedestal or being aggrandized in bronze,” Weitzman said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2018
And would the predictable reaction have been helpful, or only further aggrandized terrorism and divided society?
From US News ● Oct. 26, 2016
The fathers whose sons had played merited a more aggrandized status in the fraternity of older men who queued along the passageway.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
