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Recent Examples of grandiloquence Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023 Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them. Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 Rylance plays him with chest puffed out into grandiloquence, the painful shuffle of a man with no unbroken bones, and the periodic grace of a pixie. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022 At least some of the grandiloquence proved justified. Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Many times, vision statements end up being washed up by grandiloquence. Nacho De Marco, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 There will be plenty more rhetoric, pomposity and grandiloquence in the next few weeks as negotiations between the union and MLB get hot and heavy. Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 May 2020 Behind the grandiloquence of his note was a young man, alone, under extraordinary stress. Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 11 May 2020 His most recent high-profile job, foreign secretary, found him ill at ease in a role that required more gravitas than grandiloquence. Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 22 July 2019
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Noun
  • Fourteen years after their initial passage, the record is clear: contrary to the rhetoric, New York’s sanctuary laws have proven to be potent crime fighting tools.
    Peter L. Markowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The rhetoric echoed his previous justification for the pullout: that the agreement imposed unfair economic burdens on the U.S. while allowing other countries, like China, to continue polluting.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That's because the economic mood is really what seemed to matter most, and many people don't take a lot of what Trump says seriously because of his penchant for bombast and his transactional nature.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
  • On Dangerous, Riley helps carve a sharper figure out of the bloat and bombast that defines all of Jackson’s post-Thriller albums, and Jackson’s increasingly percussive vocal style came alive in new ways over Riley’s propulsive new jack swing tracks.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Social media is Trump’s territory, and its norms—insults without consequence, braggadocio, and flame wars—line up neatly with his way of doing politics.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The braggadocio, the charisma and the grit underneath it all is what the city remembered of Henderson, who died at 65, days shy of his birthday on Christmas.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The humble brag is a new shiny toy for some people.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The brag quickly caught the attention of Swift fans across social media, who rushed to attack Spector while defending Swift.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024

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“Grandiloquence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandiloquence. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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