boastful

Example Sentences

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At press briefings and public events, the former television host has adopted an at times boastful, mocking tone in describing the offensive.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Employing a stagy New York accent, and saddled with a distractingly unfortunate blond wig, Ms. McCann delivers a long, discursive monologue both boastful and aggressively flirtatious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2024

He is beyond boastful, talking ad nauseum about how he knows more than all the experts in their respective fields.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024

The top brass also remembered all too well how Yardley’s boastful book had made Japan dump its old codes and ciphers, then create much harder ones.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield