blowhard

Example Sentences

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He’s a blowhard, so pleased with himself that he imagines the air is grateful he breathes it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

More surprisingly, the prosecution has also peppered its presentation with disparagement of Cohen, whom several witnesses portrayed as a self-interested blowhard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

For most of the rest of his career, Keith was a sly humorist, a good-natured blowhard, a chronicler of what really happens below thick skin.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

But it also proved to wear thin, perhaps summed up best when former New Jersey governor Chris Christie called him the “most obnoxious blowhard in America” during a debate.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

I don’t like this blowhard professor very much.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland