pomposity

Example Sentences

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At this point the reader may wonder why I should even bother to rebuke George Will; in his outmoded pomposity, he makes almost too easy a target.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Mr. Dirden speaks with a majestic orotundity that evokes a preacher carrying around an invisible pulpit, and exudes a preening pomposity and the requisite vicious abusiveness toward Lucky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

I love the Oscars, with all their pageantry and pomposity.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

There's a remarkable lack of pomposity or formality on such trips when he goes out to meet the public.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to misanthropy, creation to annihilation.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane