Example Sentences

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In a year to be remembered for the grandiosely grim, for artificial intelligence more than the human kind, it has been a relief to read two books on the seriously small things in life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

In his writings, the taciturn hermit referred to himself as FC — for “Freedom Club” — and grandiosely used the first-person plural to suggest it was a group of like-minded comrades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2023

Volume One, as it was rather grandiosely titled, came out in three episodes on Thursday.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

As it happens, I was recently sifting yet again through the detritus I grandiosely call my files and papers when I turned up a half-forgotten storage box.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022

He behaved grandiosely, like a special prize that Aunty Uju was fortunate to have, and Aunty Uju humored him.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie