grandiosity

Example Sentences

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Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed the deal with Google, modest though it was, with characteristic grandiosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

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 • Dec. 24, 2025

It is the section he highlights the most, with characteristically chilling grandiosity.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

He extensively quotes both men's social media posts to "get a full sense of the madness," arguing they're both being consumed by their tendencies "to grandiosity, vindictiveness and paranoia."

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee