bombast

[US]/ˈbɒmbæst/
[UK]/ˈbɑːmbæst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pralerisk eller påståelig tale eller skrift
adj. der bruger bombastisk sprog; pralerisk
Word Forms
Pluralbombasts

Phrases & Collocations

bombastic style

bombastisk stil

Example Sentences

cut through the bombast

skær igennem varmen

see through the bombast

gennemskuer varmen

Real-world Examples

Not everyone was convinced by such bombast.

Ikke alle var overbevist af sådan en pral.

Source: Past exam questions of new reading types in the postgraduate entrance examination.

Colleagues soon found Kennedy to be an odd combination of bombast and self-effacement.

Kolleger fandt snart ud af, at Kennedy var en underlig kombination af praleri og beskedenhed.

Source: Time

For a while, in Cairo and Beirut, he worked for Radio Palestine, but the bombast and sloganeering of politics repelled him.

I et stykke tid arbejdede han i Cairo og Beirut for Radio Palestine, men politikernes pral og slogans afskrækkede ham.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It's not bombast that I cured her broken bosom bone with borax.

Det var ikke pral, der fik mig til at helbrede hendes brækkede brystben med boraks.

Source: Pan Pan

After all this sort of bombast, you know, I can do it better, the Americans aren't helping us.

Efter alt dette pral, ved du, jeg kan gøre det bedre, amerikanerne hjælper os ikke.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

" All the bombast which our opponent has stolen from Bossuet and lavished upon you, " said the advocate, " has done you good" .

Alt det pral, som vores modstander har stjålet fra Bossuet og givet til dig, sagde advokaten, har gjort dig godt.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

" There are a lot of opinions about the integrity of the election, the irregularities of mail-in voting, of election voting machines and voting software, " Dobbs said, his usual bombast strangely absent.

Der er mange meninger om integriteten af valget, uregelmæssighederne ved stemmeafgivning med post, af valglokalernes stemmemaskiner og stemmesoftware, sagde Dobbs, hans sædvanlige pral var mærkeligt fraværende.

Source: New York Times

Sometimes, he was a very comfortable person to live with, for all his unfortunate habit of not permitting anyone in his presence to act a lie, palm off a pretense or indulge in bombast.

Nogle gange var han en meget behagelig person at bo sammen med, på trods af hans uheldige vane med ikke at tillade nogen i hans nærvær at lyve, give ud for en falskhed eller udvise pral.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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