GRANDIOSE in a Sentence

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1. It is impossible to say what grandiose shadows slowly spread over his redoubtable serenity.
2. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
3. In the meantime, let there be no halt, no hesitation, no pause in the grandiose onward march of minds.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRANDIOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
grandiose
 a.  impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
Classic Sentence:
1  In the meantime, let there be no halt, no hesitation, no pause in the grandiose onward march of minds.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
2  It is impossible to say what grandiose shadows slowly spread over his redoubtable serenity.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A C...
3  However, the stamp of its power is there also, and the Titanic sink of Paris realizes, among monuments, that strange ideal realized in humanity by some men like Macchiavelli, Bacon and Mirabeau, grandiose vileness.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
4  But they were friends of many years' standing and their careers had been parallel, first at the University and then as teachers: he could not risk a grandiose phrase with her.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
Example Sentence:
1  The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
2  Such grandiose forecasts kindle anxiety as well as hope; many fret that AI (artificial intelligence) could destroy jobs faster than it creates them.