self-aggrandizing
Example Sentences
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Mr. Robb’s attunement makes him a master geographer of the oldest and newest forms of life on a “sodden, self-aggrandizing island outpost.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
That students aren’t allowed to ever be off-message and self-aggrandizing?
From Slate • May 2, 2024
Each man embodies a version of Hollywood's self-aggrandizing pompousness.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2023
What most gets on my nerves about the show’s philosophy about pop music, though, is that on some level it does feel like a self-aggrandizing commercial for the Weeknd.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
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
