Sample sentences for DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

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a grossly exaggerated belief in one's self-importance

He suffers from delusions of grandeur.

Delusions of grandeur made him confident he would be victorious.
I reached for some explanation and strange words came to mind, words I'd learned only minutes before: paranoia, mania, delusions of grandeur and persecution.
Tara Westover -- Educated

delusions of grandeur = a grossly exaggerated belief in one's self-importance

I was sitting in Psychology 101 when the professor read the symptoms aloud from the overhead screen: depression, mania, paranoia, euphoria, delusions of grandeur and persecution.
Tara Westover -- Educated

delusions of grandeur = a grossly exaggerated belief in one's self-importance

The meandering conversation, the boastful tales at the dinner table, the delusions of grandeur—that was syphilis of the brain, not just the spinal cord.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Victory gave us such insane delusions of grandeur that we helped start a world war we hadn't a chance of winning.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
Then, later on I heard, 'Conceited, fantasizing, delusions of grandeur,' stuff like that.
Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
It was not innocence or delusions of grandeur.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
Lilly says people who wear purple a lot usually have borderline personality disorders, because they have delusions of grandeur.
Meg Cabot -- The Princess Diaries
Your father and his delusions of grandeur.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
We need to rectify this situation before you start suffering from delusions of grandeur.
Colleen Hoover -- Hopeless
Talk about delusions of grandeur.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked
"I believe the term that my staff came up with was 'Communist, terrorist-loving danger-to-the-Republic with delusions of grandeur.'
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
But it was only called the Yellow Dragon then, and neither of us had developed our delusions of grandeur.
James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur," said Dr. Pritchett to a group of guests across the room.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
Regardless, Zeus had held me responsible for Octavian's delusions of grandeur.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
If you really want to enjoy life, you must work quietly and humbly to realize your delusions of grandeur.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
Delusions of grandeur.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
What comes through even more strongly is megalomania, delusions of grandeur, of complete loss of ability to understand the effect of what he was saying on others.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
# "It is not our function—paraphrasing a philosopher whom we do not like—to be a fly swatter, but when a fly acquires delusions of grandeur, the best of us must stoop to do a little job of extermination.
Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead

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