grandeur
Example Sentences
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He was forced out because fans and board had delusions of grandeur after Moyes won the club silverware and now it's a relegation battle the club look ill equipped for.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
In another, a TCU running back was busting his way through tackles on third and long, rumbling his way into the end zone, deflating any delusions of grandeur.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
Neves Valente had been living in an unassuming home in Miami, far from the academic grandeur for which he’d once seemed destined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
The Sphere is a legitimate phenomenon, looming over the skyline with alien grandeur, hosting everyone from the Backstreet Boys to the Kamala Harris campaign.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
The writer L. Frank Baum and his artist-partner William Wallace Denslow visited the fair; its grandeur informed their creation of Oz.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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