grandiose

Example Sentences

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Even for a president accustomed to making grandiose statements, this one was a whopper.

From Salon

Some of his grandiose projects are being scrapped as unworkable and unaffordable with oil prices around $65 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Besson’s chief innovation is to take the basic story and support it with grandiose set pieces relying heavily on digital effects.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those renovations raised a brief ruckus over the summer after Administration officials such as Russ Vought of the Office of Management and Budget accused the Fed of running over budget on a needlessly grandiose project.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her contracting work has convinced her there’s a lot of hype and grandiose statements about AI’s potential: “It’s taught me the limitations of AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal