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Recent Examples of pomposity Berry says that Laszlo’s pomposity thrives because no one in the house is willing to call him out on his nonsense. Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024 The Ally has chosen sink themselves with pomposity, a humorless sense of holiness, or, worse still, plain canniness — a cynical nod to the selling power of relevance lurking inside a righteous agenda. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024 Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024 No one’s pomposity or embarrassing behavior was beyond his reach. Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pomposity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pomposity
Noun
  • But what unfolded in the White House on Friday was a striking departure—an unprecedented display of hostility, arrogance, and political theater that raises serious concerns about America's global leadership.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Reportedly, Tulip mastermind Charles Hegel (played with perfect measure of condescending arrogance by Josh Brener) has died in Kenya, and took with him all the necessary passwords needed to access the accounts of his many investors.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Each of the bedrooms has a corresponding en suite that features beadboard walls, an oak vanity with rope detailing, and a stone countertop that extends upwards to wrap around the mirrors.
    Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Residential wet rooms can be just one feature in an expensive, spa-like primary bathroom decked out with a sauna, toilet, vanity and a mini cold-plunge pool.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This condition is what philosopher Charles Mills, speaking of the American context, labeled epistemological ignorance—a deliberate unknowing, an insistence on the myth of white superiority, of white exceptionalism.
    Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
  • And so Tyla’s comments were also taken as an insinuation of superiority over Black people.
    Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So much more than a story about football players, this series takes in race, socio-economics, and what happens to outsized egos in the face of failure.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This kind of self-inquiry forces leaders to separate ego from strategy, ensuring that decisions are based on the best available information rather than past habits.
    Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Another local chef who gets to revel in both culinary and local pride is Chef Edney Gaitor, of Café Martinique.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, the beach culture becomes an everyday celebration of liberation, unity, and cultural pride.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Pomposity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pomposity. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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