windbag

Example Sentences

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He knows which way the wind is blowing, and he will do his best to become a windbag that blows in that direction, whatever humiliating deflation is required first.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

Even that old windbag Polonius, played by Robert Joy, is less a bombastic grandstander than a dry-as-dust martinet.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018

Magic and Rob Pelinka have only themselves to blame for allowing this colossal windbag to make them look like fools.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2017

This windbag at a party about five years ago told me, very loudly, that I had written only one book; the rest are screenplays.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2015

He was, if possible, even a bigger windbag than Dr. Roland.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt