grandiose

Example Sentences

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Standing out in the business district towering over Bryan's shack is a grandiose, oval-shaped tower called The Marc, its black-and-gold facade reflecting the sunlight.

From Barron's

“What we’re seeing with this phenomenon is that people with either conspiratorial or grandiose delusional thinking get reinforced.”

From Los Angeles Times

Even by the grandiose standards of bar talk, it was a provocative statement.

From Los Angeles Times

Investment in the race has largely dried up, defying grandiose plans to raise tens of millions from worried megadonors.

From Salon

Visually, Price dropped the room’s grandiose oceanographer monument to the bottom of the sea.

From Los Angeles Times