vaunting
Example Sentences
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Vaunting oneself in "the trades"* is second nature throughout Hollywood.
From Time Magazine Archive
"So spake the apostate Angel, though in pain, Vaunting aloud, but racked with deep despair."
From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore
See'st thou how gaily my young master goes, Vaunting himself upon his rising toes; And pranks his hand upon his dagger's side; And picks his glutted teeth since late noon-tide?
From English Satires by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
Seest thou how gaily my young master goes, Vaunting himself upon his rising toes; And pranks his hand upon his dagger's side; And picks his glutted teeth since late noon-tide?
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
So spake th' Apostate Angel, though in pain, Vaunting aloud, but rackt with deep despare: And him thus answer'd soon his bold Compeer.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
