blowhard

Example Sentences

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He’s a blowhard, so pleased with himself that he imagines the air is grateful he breathes it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But it also proved to wear thin, perhaps summed up best when former New Jersey governor Chris Christie called him the “most obnoxious blowhard in America” during a debate.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

“This is the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in America,” he said to the entrepreneur.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

But Daisy has married the brutish Tom Buchanan, a chauvinist blowhard with a violent temper and a mistress on the side.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

I don’t like this blowhard professor very much.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland