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

“Kindly wait here, sir, while I acquaint her ladyship with your arrival,” said the pompous person with the eyebrows, and went out noiselessly, closing the door behind him.

From The Mistress of Shenstone by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

This pompous person was succeeded by a tall, upright man, with the bearing of a Viking and the voice of a clarion.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

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