pompous

Example Sentences

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Mr. Broderick, himself a sometime movie star, brings a slyly funny air of noblesse oblige that dovetails amusingly with Jay’s pompous, blinkered dimness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” parodied pompous rock musicians to great effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Without wanting to sound pompous, "favourite" is a concept I find problematic - I'm a journalist and my job is to be objective.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

Judging by social media, my irrepressible loathing of Leavitt's smug visage and pompous voice makes me typical of my demographic: progressive, college-educated women between the ages of 25 and 65.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

She had, likewise, a fierce and a hard eye: it reminded me of Mrs. Reed’s; she mouthed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous, very dogmatical,—very intolerable, in short.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë