grandeur

Example Sentences

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In another, a TCU running back was busting his way through tackles on third and long, rumbling his way into the end zone, deflating any delusions of grandeur.

From Los Angeles Times

In some ways the films seem to invite accusations of pretension, of reach exceeding grasp and grandeur stretched into grandiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Neves Valente had been living in an unassuming home in Miami, far from the academic grandeur for which he’d once seemed destined.

From The Wall Street Journal

Leavitt said the center would rise to new levels of “success” and “grandeur” following the name change.

From Salon

Leavitt also congratulated President John F. Kennedy and said "this will be a truly great team long into the future! The building will no doubt attain new levels of success and grandeur".

From BBC