POMPOUS in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for POMPOUS, such as:

1. The pompous popular tune brayed and blared.
2. He had license to be pompous and veteranlike.
3. He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.
4. He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
5. Aramis, confiding in the address of Bazin, made a pompous eulogium on his candidate.

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 Meanings and Examples of POMPOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pompous
 a.  of excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious
Classic Sentence:
1  But for all his habit of making oracular statements and his slightly pompous manner, he was as kindly a man as the town possessed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  They were harshly pompous, like men in the smoking-compartments of Pullman cars.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  He had license to be pompous and veteranlike.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
4  The pompous popular tune brayed and blared.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
5  Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
6  Round and round he went," said Gabriel, "and the old gentleman, who was a very pompous old gentleman, was highly indignant.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
7  He escorted them to their box with a sort of pompous humility, waving his fat jewelled hands and talking at the top of his voice.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
8  The pompous procession therefore wended its way towards Pere-la-Chaise from the Faubourg Saint-Honore.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
9  In pompous nothings on his side, and civil assents on that of his cousins, their time passed till they entered Meryton.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
10  Aramis, confiding in the address of Bazin, made a pompous eulogium on his candidate.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 48 A FAMILY AFFAIR
11  "Arthur Charpentier, sub-lieutenant in Her Majesty's navy," cried Gregson, pompously, rubbing his fat hands and inflating his chest.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
12  Copies were put up at the corners of the streets; and even they who had begun to open negotiations interrupted them, being resolved to await the succor so pompously announced.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 51 OFFICER
Example Sentence:
1  He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.
2  He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
3  Being pompous is one thing, having a genuine knowledge of something is quite different.