pompous ass
Example Sentences
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There wasn't even a puerility-betraying last sentence gag, lest we all think he really is a pompous ass who doesn't realise that football's all gone to pot.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2011
However, his "unabashed immodesty" and his exceedingly high opinion of himself may eventually reveal this bright young star from the East to be the mere twinkle in the eye of a pompous ass.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I come off as a totally arrogant, pompous ass," he says with pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir: Your account underlines the fact that no one excels the English in producing a pompous ass.
From Time Magazine Archive
The town laughed, of course, and spoke of him alternately as a rash fool, a hypocrite, and a mere pompous ass.
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold
