pompous

Example Sentences

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His most “persistent hater,” the pompous moralist Cato the Censor, railed at Scipio’s unseemly pride and alleged corruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Dramatically, however, “Sirāt” is at once haphazard and pompous, stalling on its central mystery and throwing in a few flashes of distracting calamity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

But pompous Henrich and Victor don’t appreciate that their accomplishments are built on other’s sacrifices.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

His first major stage success was as pompous lawyer Paul Bratter in Neil Simon's romantic comedy Barefoot in the Park.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

She had, likewise, a fierce and a hard eye: it reminded me of Mrs. Reed’s; she mouthed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous, very dogmatical,—very intolerable, in short.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë