bombastic
Example Sentences
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But even with all of its outrageously fun dialogue and bombastic battles, “Predator: Badlands” presents Fanning with another unique opportunity for a quietly self-referential performance.
From Salon
The messages you’re most likely to see are the most negative and bombastic, because they’re most likely to receive rapid “likes” and “reposts”—and that drives revenue for social media content creators.
It produced a viral moment of pure celebration, even if some felt it might have been too bombastic and insulting to Dommaraju.
“One of the problems is that capital-M ‘miracles’ have a tendency to be quite bombastic” in biblical entertainment, says Leshem, who directed most episodes of “The Saints.”
Also subtlety: The musical wilts under the weight of its many bombastic numbers and passages of clichéd dialogue.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
