showboat
Example Sentences
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His showboating celebrity style gave him his television show and resulting branding deals that kept him successful long after his father's money ran out.
From Salon
Back then, skeptics tried to describe him in ways that limited his accomplishments — dismissing him as selfish or a showboat.
From Los Angeles Times
Fury settled well into the second, rocking Paul's head back with a sharp jab - and even showboated by twirling his back hand then landing flush.
From BBC
“His go-to line was always, ‘It’s easy,’ but he never bragged or showboated about any of it,” Kendall Clinton, an Allen teammate, said.
From New York Times
Frank Sharry, the executive director of America’s Voice, a group promoting immigration changes, said the parliamentarian’s ruling amounted to a “middle finger” and “smacked of showboating.”
From Washington Post
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