pompous ass
Example Sentences
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There wasn't even a puerility-betraying last sentence gag, lest we all think he really is a pompous ass who doesn't realise that football's all gone to pot.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2011
"I come off as a totally arrogant, pompous ass," he says with pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Viola it has a charming heroine; in Malvolio, "sick of self-love," a monumental pompous ass.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, his "unabashed immodesty" and his exceedingly high opinion of himself may eventually reveal this bright young star from the East to be the mere twinkle in the eye of a pompous ass.
From Time Magazine Archive
What distinction he had was given him by gorgeous clothing and the attendance of a pompous ass in a flaming livery.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
