braggart

Example Sentences

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I don’t mean to sound like a braggart, but I think I should have a special.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

He comes across as an insecure braggart in the indictment, a man desperate to cling to his status after an embarrassing fall from power.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2023

"He was just some braggart saying, 'I'm D.B. Cooper,' you know?"

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2022

Sonny Barger, 83, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, died Wednesday at his home in California.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022

“Huh, Cluny the Scourge! A bully and a braggart if ever I clapped eyes on one.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques