| There are many things in Mozart's music, but pompousness is not among them. |
| Those close to him say his pompousness may be a means to combat shyness. |
| Let us avoid the customary Arab petulance and pompousness here. |
| At the same time he lacked the pompousness and standoffish attitude which is the way of some foreign correspondents. |
| Montaigne in his essays pursued an ethical purpose, but with no pompousness or rhetoric. |
| But this pompousness is easily forgotten after the first bite: this is perfectly, painfully crafted food made to impress. |
