The climber had grandiose ideas of being the first to scale the as yet unclimbed peak. From LearnThat.org.
Hoffman considered the moniker grandiose and misleading. From Wordnik.com. [Hi-Ya!] Reference
In the presidential primaries, he showed little interest in grandiose promises. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Conservative] Reference
The main grandiose building covered with ceramic scenes glorifying Soviet achievements is closed. From Wordnik.com. [Russia's Troubled Waters Flow With The Mighty Volga] Reference
To assume person A's experience is more traumatic to person B's is pretentious (aka grandiose). From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
I don't "believe in endless war" in the Middle East, nor do I have "grandiose" notions. From Wordnik.com. ["What else are we supposed to do?"] Reference
He says he's wary of laying out too "grandiose" a blueprint for his tenure, which begins July 30. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Copy: 'Let's Move On'] Reference
How much time do they have left, and what kind of grandiose consumption schemes can they develop?. From Wordnik.com. [Mass Sterilization, Reconsidered, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I've skipped the kind of grandiose ego statement that has multiplied in the Hamptons in recent years. From Wordnik.com. [The 10 Best Houses in the Hamptons] Reference
His speech was littered with the kind of grandiose statements that would sound absurd coming from Brown. From Wordnik.com. [How Sarko will cause trouble for Brown and Cameron] Reference
It was kind of grandiose to call the place a "university," though it did grant a couple of dozen degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Forever Free]
I don't think any war is one that can be appreciated or complimented or given any kind of grandiose compliments on any level. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2006] Reference
His proposal to build 100 nuclear plants in the next 20 years seems kind of grandiose. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
Presidential advisor Aleksandar Knezevic told us on August 20 that the Russians had proposed "grandiose". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan shies away from the kind of grandiose nation-building tried in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
It must have taken more than ordinary penetration to perceive anything but a kind of grandiose folly in Brother Hecker. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Father Hecker] Reference
After reading his biography, it is obvious that, at a previous time, he too was obsessed with the concept of the "grandiose". From Wordnik.com. [ruhlman.com] Reference
In fact, before now, we had thought that it was only our politicians that are predisposed to this kind of grandiose lifestyle. From Wordnik.com. Reference
As the money runs low, there will be similar "grandiose" moves, playing to the gallery of the 50+\% that voted for Chavez two weeks ago. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Jesse's voice is more gravelly, his gestures less grandiose. From Wordnik.com. [Nader And The Push For Purity] Reference
Is Gingrich's vision of leadership grand or merely grandiose?. From Wordnik.com. [The Warrior] Reference
And perhaps that fear sounds grandiose, but civilizations end. From Wordnik.com. [The God Debate] Reference
Mild-mannered by nature, Kennedy had a grandiose view of his role. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Accidental President'] Reference
It was a grandiose idea, but it has produced some concrete action. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Serious?] Reference
They mix their grandiose declarations of love with come-ons and slurs. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Bromides] Reference
At the time, FBI officials thought the plans were grandiose and farfetched. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
Think of the impact economic sanctions could have on these grandiose plans. From Wordnik.com. [Bystander No More] Reference
Now France can no longer afford such a grandiose assertion of independence. From Wordnik.com. [Sarajevo On The Spot] Reference
Italy is the land of the great opera, where grandiose words come naturally. From Wordnik.com. [Farewell, Dolce Vita?] Reference
But perhaps an opera as grandiose as "Turandot" demands an elaborate staging. From Wordnik.com. [Forbidden Arias] Reference
Already a sure hand at grandiose pop, Flowers adds American rock to his résumé. From Wordnik.com. [Music to Sample] Reference
Disney weighed in with grandiose plans to build Go. com into a leading Web portal. From Wordnik.com. [KEEPIN' IT ON THE DOWNLOAD] Reference
It's a grandiose dream that, so far at least, seems to be trumping mundane bread-and-butter issues. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Son Falters] Reference
And a recurring assassination theme, while useful in dramatic terms, seems more than a tad grandiose. From Wordnik.com. [Beatty Goes Bonkers] Reference
But in the great Potemkin tradition, Russia's "reformers" were perpetrating grandiose fraud in the name of privatization. From Wordnik.com. [Potemkin Prosperity] Reference
Apart from the ruins in which Mobutu left his sprawling nation, the yacht may be the last monument to his grandiose reign. From Wordnik.com. [An African Big Man In Trouble] Reference
The century that followed was beset by just such grandiose fanaticism, and it became the bloodiest in all of human history. From Wordnik.com. [From The Prison Of The 'Isms'] Reference
But the evil deed for which he became famous-the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, fell far short of his grandiose dreams. From Wordnik.com. [An Icon Destroyed] Reference
Before any of these plans came to fruition, the grandiose satellite networks went belly up and demand for satellite launchers drooped. From Wordnik.com. [The Space Siren] Reference
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