Example Sentences

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Opera, Rihab Chaieb, came close to stealing the show with the way she embodied Cherubino with boyish bumptiousness and a robust mezzo-soprano.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

As has been pointed out on social media — with all the post hoc bumptiousness of reply guys — International Olympic Committee rules dictate that mascots are not supposed to speak at all.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2022

Yet the stage is more literal than the page, and there’s a bumptiousness to the vaudeville-grade performances that edges Thackeray’s wit and satire firmly into farce.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2019

And please forgive my bumptiousness, but as Mr. Trump is fond of saying, “believe me”, this is going to be a problem.

From Time • Mar. 17, 2016

And each for all its bumptiousness brought with it the same thing: the Scripture on which our ethics, our art and poetry, and our relationships are built.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck