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
  • And a standard was set: The Olympics need to be grandiose.
    — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 6 July 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ford was prone to these sorts of grandiose pronouncements.
    — Dave Schilling, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • How could there be anything wrong with this grandiose and iconic coach?
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Behold: One of the most grandiose royal traditions—the Gold State Coach.
    — Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 31 May 2022
  • The Lessons Learned interviews show the grandiose nation-building project was marred from the start.
    — Craig Whitlock, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Building bridges is a breeze as the moon harmonizes with grandiose Jupiter.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
  • In it, oversized titanium petals are strung up from the ceiling, appearing to waft down the club’s grandiose staircase.
    — Violet Goldstone, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
  • And if this all sounds grandiose, consider: Rogo went from zero to a seven-digit ARR in less than five months with one sales rep, and is already fielding tens of thousands of queries daily.
    — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024

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