swagger
Example Sentences
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A swaggering drifter named Hal Carter arrives in town looking for work, and by sunset he has thrown the community, especially the fragile Madge Owens, into emotional turmoil.
Who else can deliver those swaggering lines, or the theatrical wounded pride when a postgame interviewer dares to ask why the moment never gets too big for Indiana?
The Bears need to recapture some of their swagger after losing at San Francisco, and the Lions are leaking confidence by the week.
From Los Angeles Times
As to character, Mr. Brown portrays Roosevelt as a “flaming exhibitionist” with “megalomania” and “Napoleonic swagger.”
Ely was a favorite opener for veteran rock acts looking to imbue sets with Texas country swagger.
From Los Angeles Times
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