aggrandize

Example Sentences

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No one in 1787 could have foreseen Trump, but history had taught the founders about the type: men of “perverted ambition” who “hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country.”

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If everything is brittle, politicians have endless crises to justify aggrandizing their powers.

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“It is troubling to see this kind of creep of” the separation of powers rationale, she said, “because, over time, it will invariably aggrandize presidential power.”

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This aggrandized, conceited movement makes it neither a priority nor a concern worthy of more than lip service.

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Presidents are inclined to insist that they and not the fragmented legislature speak for “the people,” as a way of aggrandizing their power.

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