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Recent Examples of magniloquence Hammy magniloquence risks alienating viewers, not just for an evening but for life, as does obscurity. The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
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Noun
  • Despite the current rhetoric, there seems to be rare agreement on addressing what many believe is a high-stakes issue.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • While Trump vowed repeatedly during the 2016, 2020 and 2024 election cycles not to cut Medicare, his actual record belies the rhetoric.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • How 'Intermezzo' sparked envy, became the galley brag of 2024 I, dear reader, am not above a galley brag.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As a show, Agent Carter was full of fun and bombast, showing some of what its eponymous lead got up to after losing her love, Steve Rogers.
    Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
  • In previous years, Bun B’s takeovers—H-Town, Southern, and All-American, respectively—leaned heavily into the bombast of hip-hop, an all-star showcase of Southern rap royalty.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Taylor-Johnson and Gosling have a lot of fun with Tom’s braggadocio and Colt’s deadpan replies when the star actor and his stunt double finally face off.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2024
  • The most successful of his sprawling New York rap crew, Mayers vaulted to fame in 2011 with a style defined by suave braggadocio and self-mythologizing reminiscent of old-school legends such as Rakim and the Wu-Tang Clan.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025

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“Magniloquence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magniloquence. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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