His attempts at self-aggrandizement made him seem vain, boastful and, ironically, petty. From LearnThat.org. [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/self-aggrandizement]
The aggrandizement of the king. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Eternity starts here; worldly aggrandizement is dust" Photography by Diana Ricci. From Wordnik.com. [And now for something a little different] Reference
Their aggrandizement should be the first thing sacrificed in hard times, not the last. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
As the spirit of aggrandizement, which is said to have actuated the public and private conduct of. From Wordnik.com. [The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot.] Reference
Procedural aggrandizement, which is perhaps best illustrated by Emmanuel Goldstein's aphorism "The object of power is power.". From Wordnik.com. [Scrivener's Error] Reference
Self-aggrandizement is a virtue!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Palin Tells Constitution-Loving Tea Partiers: We Don’t Need A President Who Is A ‘Constitutional Law Professor’] Reference
Saddam's ambitions go beyond personal aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [More Than A Madman] Reference
Most applicants opt for self-aggrandizement over self-effacement. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Essay] Reference
The result of the war was a further aggrandizement of the house of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
But what if the path of aggrandizement be also the path of safety?. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
But there is definitely some marketing aggrandizement going on here. From Wordnik.com. [Just In: 2010 Suzuki Kizashi SE] Reference
This comic self-aggrandizement suggests the true range of his career. From Wordnik.com. ['Holy The Bop Apocalypse!'] Reference
Turkey seeks Israeli-Syrian peace not merely for self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Alon Ben-Meir: An Opportunity for Syrian-Israeli Peace] Reference
But this will only help him to bask further in his self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Addicted to Oil?] Reference
His opportunity for territorial aggrandizement came during the Napoleonic wars. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Bloggers complained about its cluenessness, lack of focus and self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [HUFFINGTON'S POST: NOT YET TOAST] Reference
The sole business of Lovat was personal aggrandizement; revenge was his amusement. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
And that, without a word or whisper of self-pity or self-aggrandizement, is what he did. From Wordnik.com. [A Lesson In Dignity] Reference
It looks to the aggrandizement of a few even to the destruction of the interests of the whole. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
They were men who thought along the lines of duty, not along the lines of self-aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
For not so much to his own strength as to your laziness does he owe his present aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Corrections made to printed original. page 186, "His opportunity for territorial aggrandizement". From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The Dutch desire aggrandizement for the sake of aggrandizement as little as any nation in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
He believes the aggrandizement of the bureaucracy has made families and communities less relevant. From Wordnik.com. [Bowling For Virtue] Reference
"We sought no territorial aggrandizement, coveted no 'colony,' desired no subject people," said Woodward. From Wordnik.com. [Perils Of Victory] Reference
We have had black representation for years, and it appears that they have been there for their own aggrandizement. From Wordnik.com. [After Katrina, New Orleans Has A New Political Face] Reference
It would discourage the use of political power for personal aggrandizement, influence-peddling and perhaps even pork. From Wordnik.com. [No Title of Nobility,] Reference
That person is either lost in a jungle of numbers or is simply lying -- probably, for personal aggrandizement and glory. From Wordnik.com. [Who Will Get The Best Health Care?] Reference
They will view their berths as opportunities for personal aggrandizement and enrichment, trading on the power of their celebrity. From Wordnik.com. [Sizzle Over Substance] Reference
Duke de la Rochefoucault Liancourt, could have had no motive of personal aggrandizement in view when he accepted the government of. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Certainly prosecuting the case against presidential aggrandizement would give the son of the Nuremberg prosecutor a distinctive theme. From Wordnik.com. [White-Haired Guy Gets Mad] Reference
Especially the romanticization of the primitive, the aggrandizement of "natural" urges -- and the perpetual aura of impending disaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Unabomer And The Left] Reference
The Albans were ready to settle the difficulty in a peaceful manner, but Tullus, determined upon aggrandizement, refused all overtures. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
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