grandiose

Example Sentences

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Standing out in the business district towering over Bryan's shack is a grandiose, oval-shaped tower called The Marc, its black-and-gold facade reflecting the sunlight.

From Barron's

Crystal Mountain has projected bold ideas since the Eisenhower administration, but topographic confines between national park and federal wilderness have tamped down several grandiose visions.

From Seattle Times

This governor has earned a reputation for overpromising and not delivering — making grandiose pronouncements but not following through.

From Los Angeles Times

“As the case gets weaker, the demands become ever more grandiose,” Richard A. Epstein, New York University School of Law professor and Hoover Institution senior fellow, told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times

He refers to his family as an “arcadian experiment,” but what, precisely, Guterl’s parents hoped to achieve in shaping their family as a “grandiose, racial mélange” is not totally clear.

From New York Times