self-aggrandizing
Example Sentences
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Mr. Robb’s attunement makes him a master geographer of the oldest and newest forms of life on a “sodden, self-aggrandizing island outpost.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
He played self-aggrandizing lawyer Denny Crane on the ABC series.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
That students aren’t allowed to ever be off-message and self-aggrandizing?
From Slate • May 2, 2024
Beginning in the late 2010s, Brian Valmond started shining a light on stories that are often shaded by secrecy, exaggeration, self-protection and self-aggrandizing.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024
If not, he might have been remembered as a self-aggrandizing windbag with an old-fashioned speaking style and a love of the sound of his own voice.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
