pompous

Example Sentences

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The unmistakably pompous uncle of the female lead flipped the table, throwing everything on it into the air.

From BBC

Adek was a pompous twit who happened to be the son of my mother’s friend, and so occasionally we were forced to dine together.

From Literature

But as the satirically pompous, high-strung Moira Rose, the uncomfortably broke former soap opera queen and matriarch of the hit Canadian sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” O’Hara achieved universal acclaim and endless memeability.

From Salon

"BASIL!" - the unmistakable sound of Sybil Fawlty admonishing her pompous and incompetent husband, is probably how Prunella Scales will best be remembered.

From BBC

But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.

From Salon