Example Sentences

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Mr. Robb’s attunement makes him a master geographer of the oldest and newest forms of life on a “sodden, self-aggrandizing island outpost.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

That students aren’t allowed to ever be off-message and self-aggrandizing?

From Slate • May 2, 2024

It’s all part of a slick image that Ochoa has cultivated online, where it’s easy to find his self-aggrandizing corridos and photographs of him posing in front of his black Chevrolet Corvette.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

I have long sided unreservedly with Truman on the issue — not so much on principle, I must admit, as because of MacArthur’s overweening, self-aggrandizing arrogance.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2023

If not, he might have been remembered as a self-aggrandizing windbag with an old-fashioned speaking style and a love of the sound of his own voice.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith