pompous person

Example Sentences

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In the meantime, this is a good lesson for your daughter about getting along with difficult people, because Dr. Horgarth is not the only pompous person she will encounter.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2015

"Often she has caught my eye when a slightly pompous person is executing a ceremonial gambit," confesses an old friend of Elizabeth's, "and we both have to look away hastily to keep from laughing."

From Time Magazine Archive

“I don’t think he is nearly so conceited,” Sophy contended, “as the pompous person you delight in encouraging to make a fool of himself.”

From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by Young, F.E. Mills

This young man, who was rather a pompous person, saw fit to take me to task at a table where a number of us were dining together.

From The Story of a Pioneer by Shaw, Anna Howard

"Not long ago a pompous person, who is the owner of a big shop, pointed out to me three of them among his salesmen," Coombe said.

From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson