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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
Her cover swapped out heavy metal bombast and Ozzy Osbourne’s commanding scream for a foreboding piano arrangement and the quiet intensity of Stephan’s vocal.
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Spin Contributor, SPIN, 19 Sep. 2024
Cohen’s music is distinctive in its utter lack of bombast, preening, or rhetorical inflation.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
The big colognes of the eighties—Davidoff’s Cool Water, Guy LaRoche’s Drakkar Noir—had been overpowering and astringent, full of macho bombast.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
And so despite the bombast, domestic pressures, the fears and the escalations, the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues to simmer rather than boil over.
—Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 28 July 2024
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Spin Contributor, SPIN, 19 Sep. 2024
Cohen’s music is distinctive in its utter lack of bombast, preening, or rhetorical inflation.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
The big colognes of the eighties—Davidoff’s Cool Water, Guy LaRoche’s Drakkar Noir—had been overpowering and astringent, full of macho bombast.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
And so despite the bombast, domestic pressures, the fears and the escalations, the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues to simmer rather than boil over.
—Elliott Gotkine, CNN, 28 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombast
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However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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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
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
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On Instagram, where Chavez already has more than 53,000 followers, her game seems custom-fitted to a highlight reel — smooth handle, deep range and a dash of braggadocio.Michael Errigo, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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You’d be forgiven for taking the title of their new album, Easy Being A Winner, as a bit of not-undeserved-but-slightly-delusional braggadocio.Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
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The retelling is less of a brag and more of Morris simply being excited about the experience.Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
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Folks in it share photos and videos of themselves at games and offer brag posts.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
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At 79, Jon Peters no longer is the bad-boy seducer of women from Barbra Streisand to Pamela Anderson, the inspiration for the Warren Beatty film Shampoo, the wild-man character that Bradley Cooper portrayed with all the old bluster in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 film Licorice Pizza.Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sophia Cai Nov 4, 2024 - Politics & Policy Internal email: Trump campaign prepares for either outcome Behind the bluster, former President Trump's campaign is preparing staff members to wind down the operation while privately acknowledging that Trump could lose Tuesday's election.Zachary Basu, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Quartz’s Rocio Fabbro runs down Powell’s limited chatter about it.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Around 9:15, someone turned up the volume and Rachel Maddow’s voice rose above the chatter, warning that results would be coming in all night.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Bombast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombast. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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