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Definition of the day : « pomposity »

  • noun pretension
  • noun grandiloquence
Example sentences :
  • What we ought to be afraid of is not seriousness and earnestness, but of solemnity and pomposity.
  • Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • "I should have expressed my displeasure if I had felt it," said his father with all the pomposity that was natural to him.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • But Mrs. Sullivan's pomposity was not to be discomposed by any sudden attack.
  • Extract from : « Manners, Vol 1 of 3 » by Frances Brooke
  • If he spoke with pomposity she answered with disdain, and if he was dictatorial she was arrogant.
  • Extract from : « The Mark of Cain » by Carolyn Wells
  • You must admit that your past thoughts as to your own pomposity will shrink just a bit!
  • Extract from : « Gadsby » by Ernest Vincent Wright
  • They attacked his pretension with flouting and battered his pomposity with ridicule.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop's Apron » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • With some pomposity of manner the English detective produced a fat note-book.
  • Extract from : « The Crime Club » by William Holt-White
  • He becomes intoxicated by the protuberance of his own pomposity.
  • Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer
  • It's well written—you can take the pomposity out of it, here and there and it's novel.
  • Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells
  • It is a fact of general observation that there is no pomposity like the pomposity of littleness.
  • Extract from : « Prisoner for Blasphemy » by G. W. [George William] Foote