aggrandize
Example Sentences
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“There was never looking for credit, never looking to aggrandize himself,” Rendell told AP.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022
Mr. King admitted that the story was a fabrication aimed to aggrandize the sorrowful childhood of Larry Zeiger.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2021
It feels odd to talk about, because I don’t want to aggrandize myself.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019
I do not aggrandize what I have or what I am.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018
The object is not to aggrandize or enrich the Pope.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
