bombastic
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Bombastic yet intimate, fantastical yet sensible, Colbert’s farewell to his Comedy Central audience and his conservative alter ego was about as lovely and loving as TV can be.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
"Bombastic? Of course it's bombastic," Steinman told Q magazine.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2022
Bombastic drums and a steamy bass line added intensity to his slinky hometown homage “The Beach,” a clear-eyed opening song that also worked as a road map to the different avenues of heartache.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021
Bombastic perseverance and ostentatious attention-seeking may be problematic traits for some employers, but they have helped fuel Mr. Grenell’s rapid rise under President Trump.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020
Bombastic and diffuse, like parts of O'Connell's speech, this historic document nevertheless was as true in all really essential respects as Mackenzie's manifesto and as O'Connell's tremendous indictment of the system of Government in Ireland.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine
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