aggrandize

Example Sentences

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“There was never looking for credit, never looking to aggrandize himself,” Rendell told AP.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

It feels odd to talk about, because I don’t want to aggrandize myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Her disgruntled co-writer, Lisa DePaulo, also filed a breach of contract suit, claiming therein that she’d been instructed to aggrandize Pirro’s “role in the story at the expense of the truth.”

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2017

“Lights, camera, a platform to aggrandize and the world’s breathless anticipation? These are his four main food groups.”

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016

Lorenzo, these are thoughts that make man Man, 110 The wise illumine, aggrandize the great.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward