pomposity

Mr. James, making his Tanglewood and BSO debuts, lent his all-important part tangible seriousness without pomposity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

They won us over with their mild pomposity and aloofness, whereas Rapaport’s annoyance wreaks collateral damage like a chronically unbathed person’s odor assails bystanders.

From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

“There’s so much pomposity in saying ‘legacy’ when I already have a hard enough time accepting any sort of compliments or hearing that my band did anything significant,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

For a second Cudgeon’s face glowed with the old pomposity.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

A humorist and actor, his folksy delivery artfully deflated politicians and pomposities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

From time to time, Mr. Leo devoted his column to skewering the conventions and pomposities of journalistic prose.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022

In the Persia of the time, you couldn’t speak or write about the Shah openly, so he called him Marjoribanks, a silly name to make fun of pomposities.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2013

And Anika Noni Rose seemed to have a better handle on the pomposities of Wendy Scott-Carr.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011

Though he still seemed tired out and nervous, he showed himself not without a quiet humor in describing the pomposities of the local police and the portentous airs of Dr. Stock.

From The Woman in Black by E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley