Sentences with phrase «sounding pompous»

So, forgive me for sounding pompous.

To come up with something to say about yourself can prove hard without sounding pompous.

Maybe you're nervous talking to people you don't know or you're worried about sounding pompous (or worse, you actually do sound pompous).

I was surprised and confronted by my friends reaction when we did talk about how we felt, she said, (without thinking or sounding pompous..»

Oh I talked about this with friends, and they pointed out that the author making discussion questions might sound pompous and egoistic (I didn't think of that.)

I don't want to sound pompous about it, but I'm sure Bruce Nauman saw some shows when he was a kid, and I would love to know that maybe, in 40 years, the Bruce Nauman of tomorrow came to one of our shows.

«Demonstrator piston filler» sounds pompous, because every hobby must have its jargon, but it actually means what it says.

When I read a bio in which someone talks about themselves in the third person, it turns me off because it sounds pompous, arrogant and impersonal.

Show enthusiasm, optimism and confidence, but keeping it professional and respectful, there is a thin line where you can sound pompous which can destroy that first impression.

However, do not sound pompous.

But do not sound pompous or overconfident.

It's just too much detail to use all over the resume and it sounds pompous.

Leave it the best you can, make it sound pompous!

Job Search Resume & Cover Letter advice blog branding career CAREEREALISM expert management personalIt's hard not to sound pompous, too.

Not exact matches

Saying «My pleasure» sounds self inflating and pompous.

You just sound like a pompous jerk.

Sorry for sounding like such a pompous ass in my previous post.

With a great deal of dry humor, Hugo Assmann wrote recently that he is astounded that no one pointed out to him in the 1970s how incredibly pompous the phrase «Pueblo oprimido, señor de la historia» (The oppressed people, lord of history») sounded.

truth be trolled's ramblings about his sky fairy is starting to sound like that pompous idiot lionly.

While I agree with the basic idea of what you are saying, the way you state it makes you sound like a pompous windbag.

Pompous Piers sounds so dismayed that his idol has been sacked that you feel the only way he will get over it is to see Mourinho replace Wenger at Arsenal.

Grant, in his characteristically floppy collar and sporting a pair of retro frames just for the occasion, said he was there: «for the country, if that doesn't sound too pompous.»

A recent radio ad sponsored by New York State United Teachers features a pompous - sounding character called «Mr. Moneybags» falsely asserting that the Education Tax Credit is designed to allow the «super rich» to divert money to «elite» private schools.

It even sounds a little pompous, as if MPs think they are deserving of special privileges.

«It sounds a little pompous, no?

Gosh, that sounds pretty analytical and pompous!

Third, I like where he says he doesn't want to sound like a pompous prick.

So the point of my rant is (and I don't want to sound like a pompous prick) you should recognize that somebody like me won't live in Vegas, so you can either lower your standards and meet only locals, or you can give me a real phone number

It doesn't help that Snyder's trademark use of slow motion and dramatic sound effects to accentuate everything comes across as so absurdly pompous and pretentious.

Selections are more diverse than one might expect, though at the risk of sounding like a typically pompous old - and - out - of - it critic, the foreign - language selections tend to be better than the American independents.

I can't quite figure out how to answer that question in a query letter (without sounding like a bit of a pompous ass).

And the reading public will weed them out without pompous fools who like to hear the sound of their own voice ridicule the whole lot as crap.

Yeah, but you sound so pompous when you say Monster Hunter is «obsolete».

Sound is most typified by the pompous speech of the hero — funny at first, but ultimately proving a little repetitive.

This manner of speech is so polite, though, that it sounds extremely odd coming from such a villainous character, who otherwise talks in the very stereotypically pompous manner of so many JRPG bad guys.

, which might sound a little bit pompous and silly, but adds quite a bit of character.

Sure, it sounds sort of pompous, in a cooler - than - you kind of way, and maybe that's what they think of themselves.

She said: «The Government collection is for everyone and regardless of who is in power at any time the collection can be enjoyed by everybody for future generations... My donation is not solely to David Cameron and 10 Downing Street, as pompous as it sounds it is actually to the nation.»

Trying to sound sophisticated, many lawyers instead come across as boring, pompous, or unintelligible.

It begs the question; why do lawyers use their middle initials resulting in pompous sounding names trailed by the antiquated, Esq..

iPhone X Edition sounds a little too elaborated, even pompous, for Apple's highly anticipated first OLED handset.

The final important step is to pitch yourself well without sounding too pompous.

«No way — this sounds totally pompous and overblown!»

Remember not to sound too pompous.

However, do not sound too pompous and over ambitious.

However, do not sound too pompous and overambitious.

If the cover letter sounds too pompous (or not enough), you can correct it immediately.