(1) Hayley, however, is typically bumptious and indefatigable.
(2) Britain’s consul in Johannesburg, RJ Miller, accused Vine of bumptiousness and a “virtuoso display of name-dropping, from the prime minister downwards”.
(3) Cable hit back, accusing Balls of "bumptious self-confidence," and adding that Labour's starting point, "seemed to be that the past was another country, that 2010 was year zero".
(4) If Andy Coulson's appearance before the inquiry last week was guarded, defensive and careful, his most celebrated predecessor in Downing Street was at his bumptious, unapologetic best.
(5) For Michael Winner, that bumptious remnant from the unregulated days of British film production, it's a needless extension of the welfare state.
(6) In two days I spend in Eastleigh, every local person I speak to complains of mountains of leaflets, intrusive cold-calling, and bumptious Westminster types crowding their streets.
(7) Young has written openly of his admiration for, and envy of, such figures as Johnson and David Cameron – whom he first encountered at Oxford – and his hopes that some of that bumptious, bottomless self-confidence will rub off on the pupils at his new school.
(8) Which, appearing opposite Jim Carrey as the bumptious Mayor of Who-ville, is precisely his role in Ron Howard's imminent, baroquely sentimental Grinch.
(9) Shearsmith has a remarkable ability to disappear behind his characters, whether they're misanthropic clowns (Mr Jelly in his BBC2 comedy thriller Psychoville , a bumptious party guest in Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends on the West End), or as the range of grotesques that populated Royston Vasey in the comedy show that made his name.
(10) Or Sir Bobby Charlton, who also seemed to decide from an early stage that the old heads at Old Trafford did not need upstaging by bumptious headline-grabbers who brought bad publicity along with their European Cups and medals.
(11) started tearing strips off Nicholson in an egregiously bumptious and sexist fashion.
(12) The boy, inevitably, was Salmond, whom Dalyell described as "clever, precocious and bumptious".
(13) Nostalgic about its former glory, anxious about its diminished state, forgetful about its former crimes, bumptious about its future role, it has lived on its reputation as an elderly aristocrat might live on his trust fund – frugally and pompously, with a great sense of entitlement and precious little self-awareness.
Trod
Definition:
(imp.) of Tread
() of Tread
() imp. & p. p. of Tread.
Example Sentences:
(1) Apart from that, nothing much to write home about, except that Whelan was lucky to escape a booking when he trod on Olivier Giroud's ankle and Erik Pieters possibly took the rap a few minutes later, picking up a caution for a less obvious foul on the same player.
(2) Cinematically, RED SORGHUM achieved a fantastically rich colour palette in its politically less-than-correct depiction of Chinese peasant life – blood and earth predominate – and trod a careful political line by focusing on atrocities by the invading Japanese rather than internal repression.
(3) Sir Chris took the side of those who backed the zipwire as a novel and exciting way of attracting new and younger visitors to the fells which William Wordsworth and the 20th century guidebook master Alfred Wainwright trod.
(4) Last year 12 Years a Slave trod this path ; in the past Slumdog Millionaire, The King’s Speech and Argo (which was runner-up to Silver Linings Playbook at Toronto) also followed suit.
(5) For much of the 60s, Fanfani - having failed to become president of the Republic in 1964 - trod water, but always at a high level: he was foreign minister (1965-66), president of the UN assembly (1965), and president of the Senate (first term 1968-73).
(6) In the postgame interviews Cards manager Matheny trod a fine line of disappointment.
(7) Harrison said the BBC's plans trod on the toes of commercial radio stations already broadcasting and investing in local news and content.
(8) 9.21pm BST 79 min: There could have been a few red cards so far in this game, including one just now for Lewandowski, who trod on Boateng's ankle as the defender was grounded after a tackle.
(9) Five minutes later his low cross from the left should have seen Juan Mata open the scoring, yet with only Heaton to beat from close to the penalty spot, the Spain player trod on the ball and ended up on the floor.
(10) The Washington Post trod the same road, and is sold with hope but nil guarantees to a rich man who needs his favours.
(11) Rogers spread his arms in a "you're kidding" gesture that trod the fine line between disbelief and dissent and exchanged words with Bairstow as he returned to the pavilion in one last Ashes spat for the summer.
(12) The band's first release since 1991's classic Loveless trod a familiar path, but it was still one that only they have the map to follow.
(13) The “New Democrats” shifted to the centre, and trod on the toes of the established party leaders.
(14) The technical obstacles which delayed too long the achievement of reasonably safe and anatomically complete resections of lung are discussed, and the circuitous route trod by pioneering surgeons in their struggle toward that desired goal is described.
(15) Many observers say that Humphrey and Yu were prudent, experienced businesspeople, and they were detained because it was likely that their investigation trod on the toes of someone powerful.
(16) The referee Mark Clattenburg had struggled to control order in a bad-tempered game in which there were continual flashpoints, most notably just before half-time when Mousa Dembélé appeared to rake his finger nails across Diego Costa’s eyes and Érik Lamela trod on Cesc Fàbregas’s fingers towards the end.
(17) During the campaign, the magazine trod a fine line, saying she was still working for them but not at editorial conferences or decision-making.
(18) Cameron trod a fine line during his 22-hour visit as he pushed British business interests while raising concerns over human rights.
(19) The novel trod on sensitivities among studio bosses, who were afraid of public attention being drawn to the pervasive Jewish influence in movies.
(20) The time-resolved optical density (TROD) and time-resolved circular dichroism (TRCD) spectra of the lowest triplet state of 4-thiouridine (4t-Urd) in aqueous solutions of tRNA are reported.