aggrandize
Example Sentences
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“There was never looking for credit, never looking to aggrandize himself,” Rendell told AP.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022
It feels odd to talk about, because I don’t want to aggrandize myself.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019
Gamers, to protect what they cherish, become defensive and aggrandize games even though the gaming community isn’t perfect, as demonstrated when the author recounted being ridiculed for unconventional choices.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2019
I do not aggrandize what I have or what I am.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018
It was afterward indeed turned to aggrandize Athens, but, when it was originally made, was a means of common defense against a power as yet unconquered though repulsed.
From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
