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

Larry Bird is not the first name that comes to mind when thinking of great trash-talkers in history, but he was a stealth boaster.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2014

"There shall soon meet thee a knight who shall repay thee all thy deeds, thou boaster," answered she, "for, save King Arthur, he is the man of most worship in the world."

From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown