grandiose
Example Sentences
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Those renovations raised a brief ruckus over the summer after Administration officials such as Russ Vought of the Office of Management and Budget accused the Fed of running over budget on a needlessly grandiose project.
Her contracting work has convinced her there’s a lot of hype and grandiose statements about AI’s potential: “It’s taught me the limitations of AI.”
Most of the known Roman remains in Wales are from military camps and forts, while grandiose estates like this are less commonly found.
From BBC
When “Picnic” premiered on Broadway in 1953, it struck a nerve with postwar audiences—particularly women—hungry for a depiction of everyday lives that were not grandiose or heroic, but filled with unspoken desire.
It also comes amid other grandiose schemes such as demolishing the White House East Wing in order to install a $400-million ballroom, and announcing the construction of a large triumphal arch.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
