boastful

Example Sentences

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Only by changing directions, and looking for ways to boost Latino economic prospects and those of other minorities, can we align our boastful multicultural rhetoric with reality.

From Los Angeles Times

A bit later, when Jackie Kennedy made her way to a sofa, Nikita Khrushchev sat down beside the first lady and treated her to a barrage of jokes and boastful stories.

From Literature

But then the bravado behind those boastful campaign pledges lost steam this month.

From Los Angeles Times

But at times he sounds boastful, observing that “people trust me, I have never failed”, and insisting his work was “not a serious crime in Vietnam”.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times