How to Use bombastic in a Sentence

bombastic

adjective
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  • The final version of the track isn’t as bombastic as the other big tunes of the 1980s.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • Medvedev has in the past made bombastic statements and claims.
    — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But even the bombastic king didn't have a spa and an Alain Ducasse restaurant.
    — Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The bombastic look felt like it was plucked out of the cult-beloved film Showgirls (1995), and echoed the movie’s cheeky, saucy, and bold style.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The over-the-top build more than lives up to its bombastic name and is based on one of the earliest Land Cruisers, the FJ45.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
  • True to form for the eccentric and bombastic Musk, the headlines didn’t end there.
    — NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • At Eight Tables, the soup course was just as bombastic.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Overall, though, the book’s tone is less bombastic than his first.
    — Seth Stern, Washington Post, 7 June 2019
  • But Díaz-Canel’s tone was less bombastic than the day before.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • The bombastic Piers Morgan, of all people, jumped in from the Twitter peanut gallery.
    — Monica Lewinsky, Vanities, 19 July 2017
  • That's not to say The Last Jedi slacked off in terms of bombastic visuals; far from it.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The pair are in a world of their own, a late-’80s dreamland filled with Aqua Net fumes, bombastic fashions and pop star crushes.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The sea change for Genesis came in 1975, when bizarre and bombastic Gabriel left, and Collins came out from behind the drum kit to take over.
    — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
  • There’s so much gaudy poetry in the Showtime moniker — it’s not just a game, but a bombastic show!
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The lead engine barrels on, but instead of a bombastic end, the movie turns quiet.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The film crawls in sequences like this toward a climax that could have been bombastic.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Columns of fire and small fireworks arrived with the evening's most bombastic tunes.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2020
  • For example: The most bombastic young man in the class often turns out to have written the worst novel.
    — Zadie Smith, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The reversal comes after a bombastic launch for the drinks.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Then again, when trying to upstage the regime of a bombastic blowhard on the world stage, never send a Mike Pence to do a Donald Trump’s job.
    — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The show's newest episode picks up after a bombastic ending in episode 4.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • This was the sweet spot, timingwise, for a bombastic prestige drama about the world of money.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Brash and bombastic, the Crackdown 3 sizzle reel was too confusing to make much sense of.
    — Matt Peckham, Time, 11 June 2017
  • Through a bunch of coaches — most notably, the bombastic Don Cherry.
    — Terry Frei, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2017
  • This week’s statement is an example of the bombastic rhetoric.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Those efforts have been tossed aside in favor of a more bombastic approach.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2021
  • But even without such a bombastic story, the performances by Foster and Reis would be enough to keep your eyes glued to the screen.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Fronted by Wax and Slezak, both 41, the band has earned a reputation for its fiery, bombastic live shows.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Just because the demon-slaying action happens less in the air doesn’t mean the new entry will be any less bombastic.
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This more intimate delivery contrasted with his typically bombastic style, lending weight to his critiques.
    — Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025

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