grandiose

Example Sentences

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Greensill had grandiose ambitions, believing he could bring supply-chain finance to the masses using technology to digitize paper invoices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It’s always been about the grandiose dreams of Donald Trump.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The fight for new capital saps investment from other sectors, while meeting increasingly grandiose ambitions requires more computing power, which in turn demands more energy, which stokes energy price increases, and so on.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

One almost gets a sense that the great doers of history were like robots, temporarily inhabited by an otherworldly spiritual force or, alternatively, were stick figures that Hegel moved about on his grandiose world-historical tableau.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

I didn't want to think in grandiose terms like that, but it was impossible not to, because that night, catching my breath and looking up into the cloudless sky, everything did feel larger than life.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely