1 Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment.

2 One bird strutted pompously; another crawled into a corner to die.

3 While her colleagues pompously assemble public forums, she informs the police.

4 Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.

5 He pompously described his achievements.

6 He rather pompously called them problems of nomenclature,[] pedagogy and economics.

7 This hostile became so habitual that Nike pompously formed a contrapositive section for this rank only.

8 The man sat down very pompously. Whenever he asked a question, each one tried to outdo the others in answering him, which prompted him to hold up his hand and say, "One person answering is enough."

9 He is the exemplary modernizing figure whose works are pompously taught as avant-garde texts that open new horizons for Arab youths.

10 It was there that the opening of the resort was pompously celebrated by the Emperor's family on January 9, 1903.