self-aggrandizing
Example Sentences
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Davis’s defense attorney Michael Sanft argued the book was a self-aggrandizing fiction designed to profit from Tupac’s slaying and insisted there was little evidence to corroborate his client’s written claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
As a long-time viewer of “Morning Joe,” I am quite used to Joe and Mika’s self-aggrandizing soliloquies.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
I don’t mean that in a self-aggrandizing way.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
That students aren’t allowed to ever be off-message and self-aggrandizing?
From Slate ● May 2, 2024
If not, he might have been remembered as a self-aggrandizing windbag with an old-fashioned speaking style and a love of the sound of his own voice.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
