showoff
Example Sentences
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Probably the best-known catkin showoff — beloved by bees, gardeners and flower arrangers — is the Japanese pink pussy willow Mt.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Now, with the recent flood of highly classified leaked documents, mainly on the Ukraine war, Stevenson is seeing the rise of a fourth type: “the showoff who wants to demonstrate his inside knowledge.”
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2023
Although Belle disdains provincial life — as Jones expertly signals with glance and tone — she’s courted by the egotistical local Gaston, who’s such a showoff that he does calisthenics during conversations.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2021
“He thought he was doing his job. He wasn’t a showoff in that respect and wasn’t searching for hero worship.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2021
She'd think I was a showoff and that I wasn’t respectful, and that I was precocious.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
