grandiosity
Example Sentences
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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
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
Elordi takes over the telling of his tale, often running counter to the presentational grandiosity that a new “Frankenstein” would seem to require.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
It is the section he highlights the most, with characteristically chilling grandiosity.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 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
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