as in ostentatiously
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Recent Examples of pompously
Texas is taking it to a new level, pompously trying to single-handedly keep Republican control of the House after the 2026 midterms.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pompously
Adverb
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The ingredients of an Erewhon smoothie (4) swirl together without any mixing, colors clashing ostentatiously.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yet whereas Taxi Driver ends in a sequence of redemptive carnage, First Reformed swerves in its last moments into a scene so ostentatiously at odds with everything coming before that accepting it at face value would seem to mean denying the film up to that point had anything serious to say.—
Roy Scranton
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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The possibility feels very real in the magnificently tense opening scene, which counts down the minutes and seconds as Kiritsis takes Hall captive at his office and leads him several blocks through downtown Indianapolis with the titular device around his neck.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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For example, Doak kicked on so impressively at Middlesbrough in 2024-25 that his value increased to the point that Bournemouth paid £25m for him.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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By channeling those emotions into a creative force — and not shying away from rough-around-the-edges feelings and sounds — the band delivered an impressively raw collection of pure, gritty alt-rock.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Pompously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pompously. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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