windbag
Example Sentences
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A beekeeper recounts his experience moving from novice to master, providing ample advice and presenting the eccentrics, oddballs and, as our reviewer, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, put it, “flagrantly self-promoting windbags” he encounters along the way.
From New York Times
Its brevity made it an excellent vehicle for wit — a barb for puncturing bloated egos and windbag grandiosity.
From New York Times
He knows which way the wind is blowing, and he will do his best to become a windbag that blows in that direction, whatever humiliating deflation is required first.
From Washington Post
Wolff on horner: “Christian is a bit of a windbag who wants to be on camera.”
From The Guardian
He was, if possible, even a bigger windbag than Dr. Roland.
From Literature
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