pompous
Example Sentences
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The mushy score, absurdly pompous speeches, and Victorian staginess harmonize with Mr. Fraser’s conception of his role as the emoter in chief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“Gracious, very kind and not pompous, which is what I would expect from most politicians,” Delilah said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
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 ● Jan. 30, 2026
His most “persistent hater,” the pompous moralist Cato the Censor, railed at Scipio’s unseemly pride and alleged corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Once more he was that self he had long since taught himself to wear in the world’s eye, pompous, spurious, not quite gross.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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