- present participle of brag.
bragging
Example Sentences
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So being selected early isn’t just about bragging rights — it’s also a major financial windfall that can determine a player’s earnings for the next several years.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
The 41-year-old Vance makes great hay out of his relative youth on Capitol Hill, right up to bragging as often as possible about his pregnant wife.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
Instead, Phelan had sent messages to an online female friend "bragging" about what had happened.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
In his memoir, Blankfein tells the story of a junior wealth adviser leaving the firm shortly after giving a quote to the New York Times, bragging about how much money he was making.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“For your information, I’ll be fishing all two hundred traps,” I go, bragging on my own idea.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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