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
Such an occasion came very early in his service of Prince Nicolaus, when that pompous person made triumphant entry into Eisenstadt.
From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)
“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
