How to Use grandiose in a Sentence
grandiose
adjective
- He was full of grandiose ideas.
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It’s not just the sets and shot set-ups that are grandiose.
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BostonGlobe.com,
21 Oct. 2021
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And a standard was set: The Olympics need to be grandiose.
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Bill Donahue,
Washington Post,
6 July 2020
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There, Marc plans to complete the film on his own grandiose terms.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
4 June 2023
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Maurice Jarre’s score sets the stage for a grandiose film.
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Troy L. Smith,
cleveland,
6 Sep. 2020
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The storm wiped away all of the leaves and brush, leaving the large, grandiose mountains bare.
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Silvia Foster-Frau,
San Antonio Express-News,
20 Apr. 2018
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For a few hours, the Neom team showed me around and made grandiose promises about the future.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2022
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Then comes word of a grandiose scheme to reboot the world order.
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Joe Morgenstern,
WSJ,
24 June 2021
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Rarely has his grandiose rhetoric seemed so matched to a real threat.
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Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2023
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And of course, just like all of their other grandiose claims, this one is dead wrong.
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Fox News Staff,
Fox News,
18 Aug. 2022
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This part of the film is the least sumptuous and grandiose — and the most affecting.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
23 Aug. 2022
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In the years that followed, the band’s grandiose designs began to catch up with it.
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Mark Richardson,
WSJ,
2 May 2022
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Talk about run on sentences with grandiose and wordy prose.
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Janet B. Carson,
Arkansas Online,
22 Feb. 2021
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Read our review here and a report on the making of the show and its grandiose host venue here.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2024
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The Tuscan-style villa is grandiose in every sense of the word.
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Claudia Williams,
Architectural Digest,
12 Dec. 2024
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The grandiose performances and events were meant to impress the king's court — and all of Europe.
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Geof Wheelwright,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2024
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The grandiose look of the old bank building and its 35-foot ceilings will be maintained.
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Marc Bona,
cleveland,
27 Apr. 2021
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But the most grandiose aspect of the whole thing is the interior.
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Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2018
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What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
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Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2024
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Four young entrepreneurs with a grandiose vision of building a utopia for the tech elite.
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Anne Sraders,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2023
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Then again, even Bucky and Buck might have balked at the show’s grandiose opening titles.
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Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
25 Jan. 2024
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Some expressed surprise at the grandiose scale of the Love Yourself tour.
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Tamar Herman,
Billboard,
26 Apr. 2018
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This latest one was sent to the states and is less grandiose in appearance.
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Chris Morris,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2024
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The music is grandiose and thrilling, and sells how big the show wants to be, no matter how big your screen might be.
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Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 Aug. 2022
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Ford was prone to these sorts of grandiose pronouncements.
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Dave Schilling,
The New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2020
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Guides set up camp tents as guests take a hike or relax in lawn chairs taking in the grandiose scenery.
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Pete Zimowsky,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2024
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Namely, why wasn’t there more vetting of Williams and his grandiose dream?
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Phillip Morris,
cleveland.com,
16 June 2019
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There are good reasons to be cautious about those grandiose claims.
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WIRED,
14 Sep. 2023
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Moretti’s unlikely foil comes in the form of Ariel, who, compared to the grandiose pop singer, is quiet and attentive, always studying the room.
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William Earl,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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At the event in Halle, Musk also spoke to a feverish crowd in grandiose terms about immigration, pride at being German and the upcoming election.
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Sebastian Shukla,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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