grandiose

Example Sentences

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"Grandiose narcissism is associated with facial muscle activity related to anger and frustration when receiving self-threatening feedback."

From Salon • May 17, 2023

Grandiose, complex orchestral scores, rooted in European Romanticism, are increasingly rare.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Grandiose talk about “the values of Instagram,” starting with the principle of “being people first,” looks silly given its context — the introduction of in-app checkout.

From The Verge • Mar. 22, 2019

Grandiose and deadpan at the same time, Sinatra and Hazlewood's first duets collection sounds like Sonny and Cher getting one over on Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2018

Grandiose and moving, they come, those cadences, like the sighing of the wind through the forest, like the breaking of the waves on the seashore.

From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage