megalomaniac

Example Sentences

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Other autocrats and megalomaniacs around the world could be encouraged to engage in military aggression.

From Washington Post

If anything, it proves Trump critics were right that he’s a corrupt megalomaniac who flouted rules and possibly laws to cling to power, avoid oversight and profit off of the presidency.

From Seattle Times

BAYREUTH, Germany — About 150 years ago, in a megalomaniac’s coup, Richard Wagner built a theater on a hilltop here in northern Bavaria.

From New York Times

Yes, there were gadgets and secret organizations, prisons, deaths and dark humor, but ultimately “Eve” was never about saving the world from yet another megalomaniac, a la James Bond.

From Los Angeles Times

You clock in and out and don't pay much attention to the rumblings of the megalomaniacal CEO; after all, a job is a job, and most CEOs are megalomaniac these days.

From Salon