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bombast

noun

ˈbäm-ˌbast

Definition of bombast

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast

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as in grandiloquence

language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights

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Recent Examples of bombast The screen is big, the image is sharp and bright, but Nolan’s visual compositions are dull—just pictures of actors acting, without style or poetry—and his fetish for size is just bombast and vanity. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 An album inspired by American Gangster, Ridley Scott’s biopic of legendary Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, gave Jay-Z a chance to step away from the superstar bombast of Kingdom Come and go back to Reasonable Doubt-style dope game tales. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 14 July 2026 The documentary’s contradiction is right there, enthralling us with the wild achievements Potter pulled off and frustrating us with his bombast, leading us to ponder whether, as The Dark Wizard suggests, either could exist without the other. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026 The bombast of the song clashes with the aloofness of her style. — Stephen Kearse, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bombast

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Noun

Meanwhile, Rodríguez is already signaling an interest in working with Washington, despite some of her public rhetoric, tapping former opposition aide Oliver Blanco as foreign minister.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The schmaltzy rhetoric around nearly all of the works evidences a great desire for purpose, meaning, even dogma, but such things do not tend to emerge from entertainment or leisure practices so much as from constraint and necessity.

— Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of rhetoric

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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.

— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.

— Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022

Definition of grandiloquence

Noun

There are no fist-pumping anthems, blister-raising leads or Homme’s cool-AF braggadocio at play here.

— Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2026
But smokejumpers generally eschew the spotlight—even a hint of braggadocio amid their ranks is looked down upon—and so their work feels especially shrouded.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of braggadocio

Noun

There has been intrigue, love at first sight, a sword fight, a dangerous assignment for Elizabeth and a lot of Napoleonic bluster.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
Here are five things that stood out from a night of bluster and revelry in Park City.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of bluster

Noun

The $120 whole chicken sparked plenty of online chatter, though the $65 half-chicken is substantial enough for a party of four.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
There has been chatter about teams tanking to avoid being elevated to the Open Division.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

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