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
The flatterer does to another what the boaster does to himself.
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
He was a quiet fellow, reserved and proud, conscious of his strength and superior skill with a rifle, but no boaster.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by John Maclean
