grandiosity

Example Sentences

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It was also a rebuke to the idea of grandiosity, in which inflated self-regard amounts to a distorted relationship with reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Take the grandiosity of his ascent to the role, in which CBS News put forward a manifesto of the newsroom’s guiding principles.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

She tests everyone’s limits, but her grandiosity is something to see.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

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

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2025

Such grandiose declarations were commonplace during Ceaujescu’s reign, for his master plan—to create a nation worthy of the New Socialist Man—was an exercise in grandiosity.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt