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
"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
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)
At this moment the door of the Duchess's chamber opened, and Monsieur le Docteur Schubart, first doctor to the court and a very pompous person, appeared.
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)
