Thesaurus / boastful
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Without attribution, that does sound just a tad boastful, but it may well be true.
THE GREATEST PRISON ESCAPE EVER? ‘THE CONFIDENCE MEN’ TELLS A SENSATIONAL TRUE STORY.MICHAEL DIRDAJUNE 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEveryone was loudmouthed and boastful — it’s Boston, after all — but also visibly nervous about whether Babe Ruth’s ghost would show up and wreck what seemed like a beautiful team.
THE BEST $130 I EVER SPENT: A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TV PASSALISSA WILKINSONMAY 31, 2021VOXDespite boastful claims of archival excavation, the author does not deeply engage the primary source material available in American repositories.
AMERICA AND IRAN, FROM FASCINATION TO ANTAGONISMRAY TAKEYHFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe boastful Soviets had sent their Luna rockets on a world tour.
LUNIK: INSIDE THE CIA’S AUDACIOUS PLOT TO STEAL A SOVIET SATELLITEBOBBIE JOHNSONJANUARY 28, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWMost embarrassing, they made boastful claims about their closeness with and influence over all sorts of politicians and government officials.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THE PEBBLE MINE?TIM SOHNOCTOBER 28, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThey heard the boastful war songs of their foes echoing weirdly across the plain.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORA moment afterward the Kiowa finished his boastful tale, and received a noisy ovation from his people.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORThey glared fiercely into the east, and murmured boastful threats against the hated foes in the distant camp.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORThey lingered a moment or so, shouting boastful threats against the Pawnees.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORThere would come between me and my page Archie Merridew's pink and boastful face as I had seen him issue from the library door.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONSWORDS RELATED TO BOASTFUL
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