magniloquently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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And even as he speaks so magniloquently, he’s slumped on the floor in a defeated heap, having forgotten his work.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2012
Known magniloquently as the English Riviera, Torbay would like to think it's in southern California.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2011
"Do you mean," said Hugh, "when you talk so magniloquently of the culture of the future, that it will be different from the culture of the present and of the past?"
From Beside Still Waters by Benson, Arthur Christopher
"I reserve to myself the satisfaction of cutting him dead the next opportunity," he added magniloquently.
From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
I was excited, and spoke, I am afraid, after my custom, somewhat too magniloquently.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
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