brag

A gift from the tsar was something to brag about, and heaven knows Madame Babushkinov liked to brag about her dacha.

“Nonsense; that is mere superstition. There have been many competent lady sailors, and even notorious lady pirates. Not that being a pirate is anything to brag about.”

“I will get A plus,” Alexander bragged back.

The men in particular had showed a fixation on hunting animals that, in Penelope’s worst imaginings, nearly threatened to encompass the “wild wolf children” Lord Fredrick had bragged about finding on his property.

Miami bragged of a vibrant nightlife and world-famous beaches.