showing off
Example Sentences
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A 2020 survey of 708 young women found that, at least on dating apps, straight men posing with their cats would face an uphill battle, especially in comparison to those showing off their dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
And in an X post widely derided for "showing off" her dedication to work, she wrote in July she has been chronically sleeping just "zero to three hours" as prime minister.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Apps have access to various possibilities predicted by various models—but at any particular moment, they’re only going to show one of those numbers instead of showing off the whole picture,” Swain added.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Content creators like him have vehemently rejected being labelled as "narco-influencers", arguing that the sheer fact of being a young public figure showing off a luxury lifestyle can make you a target in Culiacán.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
She’d always thought she was better than him, just because she was a Baron, showing off with her soda and her potato chips and her fancy computer.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
