grandiosity

Example Sentences

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It was also a rebuke to the idea of grandiosity, in which inflated self-regard amounts to a distorted relationship with reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

She tests everyone’s limits, but her grandiosity is something to see.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

It is the section he highlights the most, with characteristically chilling grandiosity.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

Directed by Lance Oppenheim and produced by Benny and Josh Safdie among others, “Ren Faire” depicts and embodies a Möbius strip of truth and grandiosity.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee