bombastic
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His intentional balance of silence and audio amplifies one of the movie’s most famous moments, Adenoid Hynkel’s gibberish speech, into a bombastic, hilarious aural onslaught.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
She has so far avoided the high profile of more bombastic labor leaders like the United Auto Workers’ Shawn Fain or Sara Nelson of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Steinman also wrote her other major 1980s pop-rock anthem, the lustful and bombastic Holding Out for a Hero, which was recorded for the Footloose film soundtrack and later appeared in Shrek 2.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Our president is known to be a bit bombastic in his use of social media," said Jon Pearlman, president of FC Tucson.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“He’s not bombastic like Brahms, or romantic like Chopin.”
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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