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Meanings of pompous manner in English

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Usage of pompous manner in English
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His life history was written in his heavy features and pompous manner.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
2
The major's harmlessly pompous manner was all gone from him that night.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
3
Then she called me to her by name in a would-be pompous manner.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
4
Wise on the good character of the boys, adding in rather a pompous manner:
The Hilltop Boys on the River
5
Mr. Weatherley was distinctly fussy and there was some return of his pompous manner.
The Lighted Way
6
His pompous manner hung like a discarded mask on a nail beside his livery.
The Extra Day
7
This query delivered in Bibot's most pompous manner seemed vastly to amuse the rowdy crowd.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
8
When he returns, Grover mocks his host's pompous manner.
The new yorker
9
Gabilonda was a fat little man, with a soft, purring voice and a pompous manner.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
10
And he began in a pompous manner a long dithyrambic eulogy which I could not understand.
Original Short Stories — Volume 10
11
If there was one thing more than another that annoyed her it was Gulian's pompous manner.
An Unwilling Maid / Being the History of Certain Episodes during...
12
Thomas M. Fitt, a bustling little man with a rather pompous manner, welcomed his client effusively.
A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today
13
Lord Holmhurst was a stout, short, dark little man, with a somewhat pompous manner, and a kindly face.
Mr. Meeson's Will
14
In this pompous manner, Pizarro was conducted in the first place to the great church, and thence to his own residence.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume...
15
His majesty received him in his short, simple, unostentatious manner, and smiled significantly at the pompous manner of the renowned man.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
16
Then the wild gleam faded from his eyes, and in a quavering voice- amereghost of his old pompous manner-heexclaimed:
The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa
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