Example Sentences

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“Flashing fish, lavish lily, megalomaniacal mosquito, pensive poet,” goes his thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Hers is a megalomaniacal tour de force that reaches its climax in the extraordinary “The Smell of Rebellion,” a musical rampage on a muddy obstacle course that passes for a grueling phys ed class.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022

McKinnon’s performance of the megalomaniacal Lulu proves to be one of the funniest in the film, while Lyonne’s Merton is a sleeper breakout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2022

You clock in and out and don't pay much attention to the rumblings of the megalomaniacal CEO; after all, a job is a job, and most CEOs are megalomaniac these days.

From Salon • May 14, 2022

Dean rejected this audacious plan, in part because he was unconvinced that a second lab was needed at all, much less on Teller’s megalomaniacal scale.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik