grandiloquent
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Prone to social media outbursts, grandiloquent speeches and public spats, Petro has burned through more than 60 ministers in four years.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Daniel Barenboim led a grandiloquent “Heldenleben” at Segerstrom Center’s older, acoustically troubled hall on an earlier visit of the Vienna Philharmonic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
When he waxed poetic about his salad days as the page of the Duke of Norfolk, his voice turned light, proud and assured — grandiloquent, yes, but also creditable.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023
But, even in his most grandiloquent moments, he couldn’t have imagined the star treatment that crime novelist James Ellroy had in store for him.
From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2021
Steve would speak to the warders in a condescending and grandiloquent style that they probably did not understand.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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