boaster

Example Sentences

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He was not a boaster, but it was clear from his pictures—of war, of conflict, of civil unrest—that he was brave.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019

When considering the virtue of truthfulness and its opposite, mendaciousness, Aristotle identified two common kinds of lying characters: the boaster and the flatterer.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2018

Turns out the closeness, once highly anticipated, was now suffocating because the friend was a nonstop talker, boaster, and one-upper.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2014

Yeah, whether it’s Richard Sherman or someone else, we love the big boast, even if the end game is invariably to tsk-tsk the boaster for having the temerity to speak his mind.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2014

There, with those men alone, I will hold Sippar against Gobryas—ay, and Kurush, too, if—" "Many things I have known thee do, Bel-shar-utsur; yet boaster wert thou never before.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton