aggrandize
verb (used with object)
to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
aggrandizing
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present participleof aggrandize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It seems aggrandizing and selfish to dwell on it when there are many people who lost everything in the course of that single day.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
His self-made story is tantalizing enough but Western media can’t resist aggrandizing the hardship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
In 2019 alone, “red” museums and memorials, aggrandizing Communist Party history, drew 1.4 billion visits, making them among the most popular destinations in the world.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
Fatherhood for me rests somewhere between selfless sacrifice and aggrandizing self-preservation.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2021
Environed with small and defenceless states, she never lost an opportunity of aggrandizing herself at their expense, no matter what amount of mutual treaties had intervened.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
