windbag

Example Sentences

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Its brevity made it an excellent vehicle for wit — a barb for puncturing bloated egos and windbag grandiosity.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

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

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

As for Long’s former co-star Kelsey Grammer, he made so much money playing exasperated windbag Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier that he hasn’t really needed to keep working.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2016

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