How to Use grandiose in a Sentence

grandiose

adjective
  • He was full of grandiose ideas.
  • These ideas start with grandiose rhetoric.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Rarely has his grandiose rhetoric seemed so matched to a real threat.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Then comes word of a grandiose scheme to reboot the world order.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 24 June 2021
  • And of course, just like all of their other grandiose claims, this one is dead wrong.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There, Marc plans to complete the film on his own grandiose terms.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2023
  • There are good reasons to be cautious about those grandiose claims.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
  • How could there be anything wrong with this grandiose and iconic coach?
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2020
  • For starters, the lobby is anything but grandiose.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Balboa described his role in less grandiose terms.
    — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The storm wiped away all of the leaves and brush, leaving the large, grandiose mountains bare.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • All about was a wild and grandiose landscape where her children, half starved, ran about naked.
    — Claire Tomalin, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
  • There was no grandiose plan, but that’s what Jimmy and I knew.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This latest one was sent to the states and is less grandiose in appearance.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024
  • What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
    — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Guides set up camp tents as guests take a hike or relax in lawn chairs taking in the grandiose scenery.
    — Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Great Park idea was hatched two-plus decades ago amid grandiose promises.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Namely, why wasn’t there more vetting of Williams and his grandiose dream?
    — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 16 June 2019
  • Four young entrepreneurs with a grandiose vision of building a utopia for the tech elite.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • That has not stopped Calce and his team from making grandiose claims to the public.
    — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 9 June 2026
  • In the years that followed, the band’s grandiose designs began to catch up with it.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • Read our review here and a report on the making of the show and its grandiose host venue here.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The 53-room hotel feels quaint and boutique-like—but the views are grandiose.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • For a few hours, the Neom team showed me around and made grandiose promises about the future.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The Tuscan-style villa is grandiose in every sense of the word.
    — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But the most grandiose aspect of the whole thing is the interior.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2018
  • But his most grandiose ambitions for Iran will likely stay out of reach.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The music is grandiose and thrilling, and sells how big the show wants to be, no matter how big your screen might be.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This part of the film is the least sumptuous and grandiose — and the most affecting.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Throw in the Disney orchestra, and the whole thing felt very grandiose.
    — Levi Weaver, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025

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