pompous person
Example Sentences
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In the meantime, this is a good lesson for your daughter about getting along with difficult people, because Dr. Horgarth is not the only pompous person she will encounter.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2015
"Often she has caught my eye when a slightly pompous person is executing a ceremonial gambit," confesses an old friend of Elizabeth's, "and we both have to look away hastily to keep from laughing."
From Time Magazine Archive
This pompous person was succeeded by a tall, upright man, with the bearing of a Viking and the voice of a clarion.
From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)
The rich man was Mr. Bentley Broke, a pompous person, who had one child, a son of literary leanings named Otho.
From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 by Various
"Not long ago a pompous person, who is the owner of a big shop, pointed out to me three of them among his salesmen," Coombe said.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
