"You don't need to make fun of me," she said in the pompous, prim tone she reserved for her arguments with Jack.

His comment, delivered in a slightly pompous tone, made her laugh.

And here old Mother Jacobsen assumed a slightly different position in her chair to render a pompous tone.

The young hitchhiker lifted a finger and changed to a deep, somewhat pompous tone.

"I shall leave the riddle of the money to you, commissioner," declared Burman, in a pompous tone.

"I must have a few words with your stepfather," he said in a pompous tone to Luke, who turned very pale at these words.

"Then let us go about our daily occasions," Johnny said in a pompous tone.

"You have not considered the Pope's position," Tidy replied, in a somewhat pompous tone.

This lends a pompous tone to an account that when it is kept truly personal is often touching.

Akaar made the pronouncement in his usual pompous tone.