Example Sentences

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Alexandrine; inflation, pretension; rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad; fine writing; sesquipedality†; Minerva press. phrasemonger; euphuist†, euphemist.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark