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Mostly in cultural criticism, the writer does that in private and then presents the results to the reader – often bombastically.

From The Guardian Jun. 7, 2016

It was hosted by CNN, and the presentation was so bombastically stupid that it was almost condescending.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2016

Instead of the conventional opening credits, Reese and Wernick come up with a stream of tongue-in-cheek items, with on-screen type bombastically proclaiming "directed by an overpaid tool" and "written by the real heroes here."

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2016

It’s interesting that the bombastically titled foreign film “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared” made the cut above “Black Mass.”

From Washington Post Jan. 14, 2016

The Coming of Spring About April 26 Hooker’s great army, “The finest army on the planet,” he bombastically called it, moved up the river and began crossing.

From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by John T. Goolrick




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