show off

Example Sentences

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Baz Luhrmann, the master showman, or at least show-off, of musical cinema, gives fair notice of his purpose in a big-screen offering tailored to IMAX, “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

What for other dancers might be show-off steps are integrated into a poetic vision, a different way of being.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

“Whereas De La Soul was much more natural and organic. It didn’t have that show-off feel to it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

A former reality TV contestant is a "self-obsessed show-off" who will do anything to boost his own fame, a court heard.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022

A fourth-grade student, I was no longer the show-off in front of my parents.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez