Sentence examples for pompous behavior from inspiring English sources

Re "The Malady of Me" (Week in Review, Dec. 5), about those milder, "more normal" narcissists among us: Are such people capable of awareness of their own often pompous behavior?

For the past few years, but especially in recent months, Berlusconi's reckless and pompous behavior have made a mockery of both Italy and Italians.

President Bush Bush's remarks were feeble, yet when his spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater, described the behavior of the Chinese leadership as "repugnant" that seemed pompous.

On the contrary, it appears to be a point of honor here to make no excuses for the bad behavior of men like Petruchio, the wily wife tamer of "Shrew," or the schemers who bait and torture the pompous Malvolio in "Twelfth Night".

He isn't pompous.

Was that too pompous?

How pompous.

PS: Pompous?

Weak, self-deluding, pompous?

Motivated, not pompous.

Newt Gingrich is still pompous.