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pompously



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And the first reason is the announcement of the justice’s forthcoming memoir, which is pompously titled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country.

From Slate Feb. 13, 2026

"Writers are liars, my dear," Fry pompously tells Calliope after she reminds him that he agreed to free her at the end of his life.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2022

Kelsey Grammer returns to the boards as the pompously verbose but insecure psychiatrist from “Cheers.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2022

But the franchise continues to stay upright, intimating it will do better but pompously believing it can do no wrong.

From Washington Post May 3, 2018

On my politely bidding him Good-morning, he said, pompously, “Seven times nine, boy?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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