pompously
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And the first reason is the announcement of the justice’s forthcoming memoir, which is pompously titled So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
For all his purported devotion to sameness, at the top of this season Laszlo pompously announced that he forbade Nadja from getting a job and having regular contact with the world.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2024
Kelsey Grammer returns to the boards as the pompously verbose but insecure psychiatrist from “Cheers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Jake helpfully — or pompously — informs Lucy when he’s quoting Oscar Wilde or David Foster Wallace.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
On my politely bidding him Good-morning, he said, pompously, “Seven times nine, boy?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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