bombastic

Example Sentences

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His campaign to sell the president has been bombastic and loud, pure hustle.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

In her nearly six years in Congress, Greene developed a reputation for bombastic committee appearances, embracing conspiracy theories, and supporting hardline immigration policies.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

So there’s this bombastic side to his personality, but then the treat of working with him is you get to see this very sweet, actually quite vulnerable, very generous and kind side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

And Trump had named Leo Terrell, the bombastic former Fox News commentator, to a top DOJ civil rights post where he heads the president’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

But Uncle Willie was suffering under our father’s bombastic pressure, and in mother-bird fashion Momma was more concerned with her crippled offspring than the one who could fly away from the nest.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou