aggrandized
- past participle of aggrandize.
- past tense form of aggrandize.
Example Sentences
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The official estimates had seemed inflated, deliberately aggrandized, exaggerated for dramatic effect, right up until the planes started landing and the streets started filling.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
This aggrandized, conceited movement makes it neither a priority nor a concern worthy of more than lip service.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2021
He did everything to feel aggrandized and powerful.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2020
And would the predictable reaction have been helpful, or only further aggrandized terrorism and divided society?
From US News ● Oct. 26, 2016
The fathers whose sons had played merited a more aggrandized status in the fraternity of older men who queued along the passageway.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
