aggrandizement

Example Sentences

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Sen. Patty Murray is the kind of politician who can be trusted to use her seniority for productive work, not personal aggrandizement or self-promotion.

From Seattle Times

Mr. O’Toole, for his part, has sought to portray the vote as an act of personal aggrandizement.

From New York Times

Expecting an exaltation of victors and an aggrandizement of the host country’s preparations and successes, the committee requested that Ichikawa cut the film to the essential elements.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of them reason, correctly, that banning earmarks has exacerbated the aggrandizement of the executive branch and the marginalization of Congress.

From Washington Post

Bush walks that line — portraying the bad without aggrandizement and illuminating the good without sentimentality.

From New York Times