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

All that is clear from what’s onscreen is Glazer has made a hollow, self-aggrandizing art-film exercise set in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023

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