grandiose
Example Sentences
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"The grandiose promises of destroying Hezbollah and Hamas and Iran are not coming true," said Dahlia Scheindlin, a Policy Fellow at the Mitvim Institute, a think tank focused on Israeli foreign policy.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The case for the Terafab probably isn’t helped by grandiose ideas that Musk has touted in recent years that fizzled out—such as aiming to scale Tesla to build 20 million vehicles a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
One almost gets a sense that the great doers of history were like robots, temporarily inhabited by an otherworldly spiritual force or, alternatively, were stick figures that Hegel moved about on his grandiose world-historical tableau.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Chopra’s parents, aunts and uncles all live in the A-19 Modern Colony apartment complex, weighed down by the grandiose legacy of their late family elder.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
High Blade Xenocrates sat on a plush sofa in the grandiose mansion that had, until just two days ago, been occupied by the late Scythe Goddard.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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