grandiose
Example Sentences
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But slumping crude prices, government mismanagement and U.S. sanctions have left Venezuela’s industry a hollowed-out shell of its former, grandiose self.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
Mr. Besson’s chief innovation is to take the basic story and support it with grandiose set pieces relying heavily on digital effects.
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
