| His fatuous smile alone would have aroused their ire before he opened his vainglorious mouth. |
| There is nothing too extravagant or too vainglorious for me to say of myself. |
| His vainglorious speech at the Oscar ceremony claimed a new dawn for British cinema. |
| Like many vainglorious self-publicists, he probably thought he could charm the acid interviewer. |
| In other words, he comes across as a vainglorious know-it-all, absolutely convinced that he's right about everything. |
| His promise to the commissioner of more to come is not just a journalist's vainglorious bluster. |
