flaunt

Example Sentences

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For writers, hiring such readers is a badge of good “literary citizenship” and a chance to flaunt their virtue as well as their success by boasting of how many they can afford.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Goorwitch in particular is mourning the absence of his favorite peacock, Alibaba, who had a fabulous fan of tail feathers and was not afraid to flaunt them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

It takes a willingness to understand and honor the hairstyle's origins and what that plaiting symbolizes to accept that not everybody should flaunt it.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

"Why flaunt your money to me? It's disgraceful," says Amy, who had funded the project by remortgaging her home and using credit cards.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

This allowed the urban rich to flaunt their wealth while the rural poor struggled to feed and clothe their families.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung