bombast

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OK, but now write one that doesn't block words like "sextant" or "bombast.

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pompous or pretentious talk or writing

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noun

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bombast.

noun

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Example sentences

OK, but now write one that doesn't block words like "sextant" or "bombast.

It's all bombast for now and then somebody clever will steal their lunch.

Given your bombast and chest beating I'm assuming you wouldn't stay silent.

Nano is excellent in many ways, though it's not a successor, that's just bombast from its author.

It was fun but it didn't deliver Milton's spine-tingling bombast in the same way.

Look for the quiet achievers and the track records, not for bombast and elitism and silver tongues alone.

Do you honestly believe that RMS is on anything like the level of Fred Phelps, or are you just taking liberties with the truth for the sake of bombast?

That doesn't necessarily mean they're winning in the long game, just that being obnoxious and loud and pushing oversimplified bombast gets lots of attention.

A whimsical yet austere post, heavy on the bombast but with hints of compassion and, for the discerning reader, notes of plaintive wishfulness, with a bitter yet wholesome finish.

What is laughable is watching their stage-managed show of neo-nazis and well-financed by outsiders demonstrations and hearing nonsensical moralistic bombast about freedom, how awful Russia is to protect its ceded territory with its military bases etc.