bombast
Example Sentences
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For more than 25 years, under the name Harriet Tubman, Messrs. Ross, Gibbs and Lewis have crafted a gorgeous balance of bombast and repose, and a distinctive approach to trio interplay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
But beneath the bombast was the core of what pulled people into Sliwa.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025
And confetti cannons rained glitter over him as the brass bombast of Land of Hope and Glory rang out and a giant union jack appeared on the screen behind him.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
This latest combination of vanity whining and braggadocio bombast was greeted from Congress, members of his staff, reporters and members of the general public with mostly wide, tired stares.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025
My father stepped forward and began a speech as stuffed with words as an actor’s coat is stuffed with bombast to make him fat.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing bombast
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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"'Blaxicans' and Other Reinvented Americans," Vocabulary from the argument
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Vocabulary Heard at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
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