Which preposition to use with pompous

in Occurrences 4%

Pompous in phrase and person, his speech is crammed with lawyer's jargon and quibbles, with distorted Latin and ridiculous metaphors.

of Occurrences 3%

She was glad to find distraction in the arrival of a nameless visitor, announced by the most pompous of footmen as "a young person desirous of waiting on her ladyship.

for Occurrences 1%

When we had seen "handsome Jack Barnes" imperturbably pompous for two hundred nights in succession, it became too much for us, and the almond rings were the result.

inscriptionsfor Occurrences 1%

I resisted all their importunities, and passed on through the Champs Elysées, or a dusty road through a grove, intersected with ill-formed paths, with a few gaudy cafés bearing pompous inscriptionsfor Voltaire has made the French too fond of nomenclature to say with our Shakspeare, "what's in a name?"

than Occurrences 1%

When he spoke again his voice sounded not much less measured and pompous than usual.

with Occurrences 1%

There is no long and lingering spring, unfolding leaf and blossom one by one; no long and lingering autumn, pompous with many-colored leaves and the glow of Indian summer.

as Occurrences 1%

He was a little, pussy, red-faced, pop-eyed man, pompous as a banty rooster, with black whiskers and a mustache like a cat.

without Occurrences 1%

On the whole, it is a most skilful piece of work; but to my taste much like a theatrical decoration,pompous without being animated.

at Occurrences 1%

He was jocular and pompous at the same time, and always made a pretence of being a long time in seeing the glass of wine put on the table for his refreshment.

Which preposition to use with  pompous