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Recent Examples of boastful
And there were boastful messages about finding a way to get Europe to pay for the operation — but nothing about China, which benefits hugely from the trade passing through the straits near Yemen, including much of its oil imports and its exports to Europe.
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Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Putin posing topless is the viral version of this public peacocking, but casual misogyny, carefully staged photo ops, and boastful, hypermasculine rhetoric also fit the bill.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
In Finnish society, displays of happiness are often discouraged to avoid seeming boastful.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
For some professionals, claiming credit for a workplace success might feel overly boastful or self-promotional.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Putin posing topless is the viral version of this public peacocking, but casual misogyny, carefully staged photo ops, and boastful, hypermasculine rhetoric also fit the bill.
—Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022
In Finnish society, displays of happiness are often discouraged to avoid seeming boastful.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
For some professionals, claiming credit for a workplace success might feel overly boastful or self-promotional.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastful
Adjective
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Sid Justice, though competent in other matches, is given few opportunities to prove himself as a rising star against the notoriously egotistical Hogan.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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And for any fan of the show — and Wilson’s over-the-top, egotistical Dwight — the lyrics might not be a total surprise.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
17 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2024
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Stringing episodes together, screenwriter Anderson (working from a story co-created by Roman Coppola) treats Korda as a cocky survivor of fabulous riches.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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He’s joined by elder statesman Randall (Steve Carell), idealistic AI expert Jeff (Ramy Youssef) and the richest of them all: Ven (Cory Michael Smith), a clear Elon Musk analogue who rules over his social media empire with a cocky bravado.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
2 June 2025
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Advertising was bombastic, aggressive, loud and macho.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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His bombastic claims aside, Trump inherited a solid economy that had grown steadily despite high interest rates imposed by the Federal Reserve to fight inflation.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Richard was known for being outspoken, if not arrogant, consistently rubbing his Tagi tribe the wrong way and offending some of them with his blatant display of nudity on the island.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
27 May 2025
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Multiple people described him to me as unpopular and arrogant.—
Amanda Chicago Lewis,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Too many American leaders seem more focused on the vainglorious posturing that too often leads to armed conflict.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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Hwang’s vainglorious campaign underscores his later experience producing his next play, Face Value, and facing the death of his father, Henry Yuan Hwang (HYH), a patriotic immigrant and founder of Far East National Bank.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
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The lines between competitive stubbornness and plain old stubbornness, a healthy arrogance and prideful ignorance are pretty thin.—
Will Graves,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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Ego Alley is a narrow waterway, bounded by shops, where prideful boat owners show off their pricey vessels by slowly navigating past onlookers enjoying ice cream, drinks or just some afternoon sun.—
Charles Babington,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Back to all the reasonably expressed horror about Trump expressed in haughty fashion, why all the parallel quietude about the Federal Reserve?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Remember the times when United, with all their haughty ambitions, used to look down on the clunky Thursday-Sunday routine of Europe’s second-tier competition?—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Boastful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastful. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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