How to Use grandiose in a Sentence

grandiose

adjective
Definition of grandiosenext
Synonyms for grandiosenext
  • He was full of grandiose ideas.
  • 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
  • For a few hours, the Neom team showed me around and made grandiose promises about the future.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The music is grandiose and thrilling, and sells how big the show wants to be, no matter how big your screen might be.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Guides set up camp tents as guests take a hike or relax in lawn chairs taking in the grandiose scenery.
    — Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There are good reasons to be cautious about those grandiose claims.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The film radiates a love of The Boss that’s as sloppily grandiose as my own — and maybe yours, too.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Behold: One of the most grandiose royal traditions—the Gold State Coach.
    — Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 31 May 2022
  • Spanky extends to Walters his humble, grandiose thanks, and the 500 men rise to their feet in an ovation.
    — Ryan D'agostino, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • No-nonsense to the core, Mr. McNally did not speak of himself in such grandiose terms.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Over there, a lot of the acting was very big and grandiose because soap operas are so prevalent.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • For years, Musk made grandiose claims about how soon Tesla's cars will drive themselves.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 16 Sep. 2021
  • That said, the Volvo's back seat lacks the grandiose luxury typical of a stretch job.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The free market has plenty of grandiose ideas about how to fix our broken planet.
    — Paul Ford, Wired, 27 Sep. 2021
  • And Noah’s fantasies, which at first seem merely sweet, soon grow ridiculous and grandiose.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The Ukrainians weren’t sure what to think of the man making grandiose promises across the ornate wooden table.
    — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The elite skaters left town, while the center slowly fell to a condition that betrays its grandiose name.
    — Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • His mind kept racing -- grandiose visions about what’s ahead.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2022
  • For other businesses, goals don’t need to be so grandiose.
    — Yec, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The Batman sequel shines through with its grandiose costuming and campy sets.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The whole painting, in fact, shrugs off the assumption that art should be precious, sublime or grandiose.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021

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