Sentence examples for sounding pompous from inspiring English sources

Trying to sound smart but actually sounding pompous: Don't use words in a cover letter that you would never use in daily conversations.

And then, catching himself sounding pompous. he adds: "I don't know.

Show some respect and opt for something like "staff" – but only if you don't mind sounding pompous.

Franzen is a nostalgist, and he wants to preserve the traditional values and practices of the book world at all costs, and can therefore come off sounding pompous about "high culture".

This is the man who said of his new wife: "Without sounding pompous, she looks like a combination of ancient Egypt and ancient Rome" and "Daniela is like an ancient mythological princess.

Forgive me for sounding pompous about my own trade, but if journalism is to survive the communications revolution we are all living through it must be clear-eyed about its purpose.

"Without sounding too pompous, I think Vogue India opened people's eyes to the fact that Indian girls can be amazing," she explains.

Dismay at the current state of Broadway is, of course, the tradition and privilege of its elder statesmen, but Laurents is saved from sounding too pompous by his wit and a tone more cheeky than plaintive.

It does not sound pompous.

I know that sounds pompous".

Big words can sound pompous.