How to Use grandiose in a Sentence

grandiose

adjective

• He was full of grandiose ideas.
• Ford was prone to these sorts of grandiose pronouncements.
  — Dave Schilling, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
• And a standard was set: The Olympics need to be grandiose.
  — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 6 July 2020
• Zuckerberg is not the only tech titan who sees competition in such grandiose terms.
  — Walter Frick, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2020
• So when a grandiose social media post about a rare astronomical event comes along, who wouldn’t bite?
  — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2020
• But social media users are already pushing grandiose theories casting doubt on the method.
  — Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2020
• At first, this invocation of a Founding Father seems rather grandiose.
  — The Economist, 10 Aug. 2020
• Politicians threw out grandiose statements in support of playing, while medical experts warned of more dangers.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2020
• Narcissism comes in two flavors—grandiose and vulnerable.
  — Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• This would not come about by grandiose means, but by the ordinary workings of history, which conscientious French people know all too well.
  — Madison Mainwaring, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2020
• This was a grandiose, utopian ideal, but their marketing literature suggested a more basic premise.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2020
• Just about every university has publicized blue-ribbon studies, guidelines and reopening plans with grandiose names.
  — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 5 July 2020
• Toddler in Chief pursues this comparison with a grandiose sense of superiority.
  — Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
• It’s not just the sets and shot set-ups that are grandiose.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• There, Marc plans to complete the film on his own grandiose terms.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2023
• Maurice Jarre’s score sets the stage for a grandiose film.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2020
• For a few hours, the Neom team showed me around and made grandiose promises about the future.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
• Then comes word of a grandiose scheme to reboot the world order.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 24 June 2021
• Rarely has his grandiose rhetoric seemed so matched to a real threat.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• And of course, just like all of their other grandiose claims, this one is dead wrong.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022
• This part of the film is the least sumptuous and grandiose — and the most affecting.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
• In the years that followed, the band’s grandiose designs began to catch up with it.
  — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 2 May 2022
• Talk about run on sentences with grandiose and wordy prose.
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2021
• Read our review here and a report on the making of the show and its grandiose host venue here.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• The grandiose performances and events were meant to impress the king's court — and all of Europe.
  — Geof Wheelwright, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
• The grandiose look of the old bank building and its 35-foot ceilings will be maintained.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 27 Apr. 2021
• What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Four young entrepreneurs with a grandiose vision of building a utopia for the tech elite.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
• Then again, even Bucky and Buck might have balked at the show’s grandiose opening titles.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• This latest one was sent to the states and is less grandiose in appearance.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024