swelled head
Example Sentences
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“I matter to somebody but you can’t get a swelled head because it’s just once. It’s not like I’m Justin Bieber.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
Take the warnings his mother finds on the Internet and forwards to Lam and his brothers, cautioning them against the dangers of a swelled head.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2018
You can get a swelled head and think you know so much about the past, you know about the present, that you can predict the future.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2017
The acclaim for Mr. Eisenberg’s excellent, Oscar-nominated performance as an intensely driven Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network” has apparently not given this talented actor a swelled head.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
Or so he told Tommy, who punched him in the arm and told him he had a swelled head.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
