bombast
Example Sentences
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“He’s done it with such bombast that actually, practically speaking, he has limited his options,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the closing minute, it switches into stadium rock bombast, as the band sing, "I'll follow you into the sun".
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
The 42-year-old Pacific Palisades native attributes his many lives to having an unparalleled amount of energy, a strain of inner bombast that could be likened to strobes of light and patterns behind closed eyelids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
And throughout all of the bulging bombast, Qualley maintains determined eye contact with the camera, reminding the audience that both the character and the actor playing her remain in complete control.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025
It’s a hint of the old bombast, the old peacock tail, and reassuring.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing bombast
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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"'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," Vocabulary from the argument
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Vocabulary Heard at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
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