And I'm the last one who wants the process handed over to critics: we're swollen-headed enough as it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Emmy Problem: Is It Them? Or Is It Us? - Tuned In - TIME.com] Reference
She had long ago sized up Anne-Marie as a silly, swollen-headed girl, just the kind to act about like this. From Wordnik.com. [Fifth Formers at St. Clare's]
With Nasser, as predicted, more swollen-headed than before and conducting a war in Yemen and close to Aden?. From Wordnik.com. [Crossman on Suez] Reference
That, "says this swollen-headed lunatic smugly," is his true purpose, for he and his kind can know no safety while I live. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman's Lady]
Don't get upset by criticism - and don't get swollen-headed from praise - and keep your temper on a racecourse, all of the time. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
It makes us ashamed of our own pretentiousness and swollen-headed pride when we reflect what this great architectonic genius has performed. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
There is praise, but always of a qualified kind as if Turgenev, having had a whole book dedicated to him by Dessaix, must not expect to get swollen-headed about it. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Russian Love « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
It makes young captains and first officers swollen-headed if they are allowed to bask in the admiration of really important people, and swollen heads bring accidents in their train. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
Disclosure: For reasons best known to them (wethinks they think we are a Popular Blogger. heh), we have been asked to help judge the contest (and in a swollen-headed moment, we consented), and the organisers asked us to help spread the word. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
The House of Commons, whatever may be its drawbacks, has some human qualities, is kindly to beginners, has a respect for sincerity, an undisguised yawn for bores, and a cold contempt for swollen-headed young members who try to impress it with their capacity. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
Was not this swollen-headed upstart trying to intimidate him by threats?. From Wordnik.com. [The Conflict] Reference
Maybe they got swollen-headed ... because of that they have got alienated. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
The CPI leader suggested that the Left Front government may have become "swollen-headed". From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Are you really swollen-headed enough to imagine that it was you who drove the French out of Russia in 1812?. From Wordnik.com. [Here, There and Everywhere] Reference
"You can be confident that I won't get swollen-headed about my place in the world." lorraine02: 03pm Tuesday 17th August 2010 EST lorraine02: 04pm Tuesday 17th August 2010 EST. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
But there was seldom cause for this complaint, for the swollen-headed old engine was still capable of so much more than the schedule required that it was forced to make a prolonged stay at almost every station to let. From Wordnik.com. [Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond] Reference
New Delhi: Thirty-three years in power in West Bengal appeared to have got the Left Front "swollen-headed" and the "debacle" in the civic body polls was a message to improve oneself, CPI general secretary AB Bardhan said today. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
We, the undersigned, having carefully considered the situation in all its bearings and applications, have come to the decision that it is no longer consonant with the self-respect of Englishmen to share a name with the great swollen-headed German aggressor -- the despiser of treaties, the desecrator of Belgium and the foe of the liberty of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 16, 1914] Reference
These artist fellows are apt to be a bit swollen-headed for my taste, but Lucas Vernon's a sportsman. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Prodigal Father] Reference
Meanwhile, the workshop tomorrow will feature a sunglasses-wearing, swollen-headed, patchy-faced, woman who looks like she’s had a a bad sunburn and feels like she has a wrold-class migraine. From Wordnik.com. [When the doctor says… Hmmmm…. « Mudpuddle] Reference
One is a busybody and one is a swollen-headed egotist who thinks he’s better than everyone else and on top of that, he frequently flaunts his surly attitude and believes himself to be untouchable. From Wordnik.com. [purplecigar Diary Entry] Reference
Sardonic anti-hero Kyo and his indomitable companions face off against the demented Crimson King's ostentatious Mibu clan, a pompus lot of swollen-headed pricks (afflicted with terminal narcissism) who lord it over the "less gifted". From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
Maybe they got swollen-headed ... because of that they have got alienated. ". From Wordnik.com. [World Socialist Web Site] Reference
Maybe they got a bit swollen-headed. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
She was swollen-headed with her military pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Soul of the War] Reference
33-yrs in power must have given Left Front 'swollen-headed': AB Bardhan. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
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