Following the Sultan of Zanzibar prank, Cole executed a series of bold jokes and escapades principally aimed at deflating pompous figures of authority.

Just then a pompous figure pushed his way into the cave, and the others ducked away before him.

In some ways John Ames is an absurd and pompous figure:

A pompous figure, the Minister of State, stood splendidly in their way.

Calm down, sit back and enjoy watching more pompous and corrupt figures of authority get what they deserve.

He usually played somewhat pompous figures of authority, excelling in comedy films.

Mr. Mann is a blustering pompous figure as the prosecutor.

The human heart concerns us more than the poring into microscopes, and is larger than can be measured by the pompous figures of the astronomer.

"Every day Ibsen would strut along, this pompous little figure in his frock coat and tall hat."

The tall, bald and usually bespectacled character actor often portrayed pompous, dull, or imperious figures.