vaunt

Example Sentences

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But he looked at Christopher and smiled a vaunting smile.

From Literature

They argued that the lack of addresses — along with other quirks, such as having no streetlights or sidewalks in residential areas, leading many to walk at night with flashlights — added to the vaunted “village character.”

From Los Angeles Times

But Forté was actually “an inquisitive 8-year-old who played the violin in a youth orchestra and even had a recital at the vaunted Brooklyn Academy of Music,” according to GQ.

From Los Angeles Times

In the 2025-26 Ashes series, the seventh of his career, Starc has taken 26 wickets - stepping up in the absence of pace colleagues often more vaunted.

From BBC

The same year — 2033 — is when its vaunted trust fund for retirement benefits could run out.

From MarketWatch