Those uses, he went on, could easily be accomplished on "a much less grandiose scale."

Then, with the effect of an electric shock, his defiance returned on a grandiose scale.

Much of the blame for the performance's failures lay, as in the past, with the grandiose scale of the staging.

But one doesn't even have to operate on such a grandiose scale, and I, personally, would prefer not to.

But no form has transported more people toward imaginary regions on such a grandiose physical scale as Disney's theme parks.

The most recent, in 1929, restored the Pierson house to the correct time period, the middle 18th century, although on a much more grandiose scale.

Colossal as the new spending cuts might sound, they are but nits when measured by the grandiose scale of the Federal budget.

The grandiose scale of events projected by the pre-event publicity was a far cry from reality.

Trimming artichokes down to the bottom seems an exercise in waste on a grandiose scale.

It wasn't on a grandiose scale in Pittsburgh, but I know what it's like to get blasted.