boaster

Example Sentences

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He was not a boaster, but it was clear from his pictures—of war, of conflict, of civil unrest—that he was brave.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019

Yet despite this density of jokes, Mr. Friedlander — whose stand-up persona is a know-it-all boaster nicknamed the World Champion — never seems like he’s in a rush.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2017

Turns out the closeness, once highly anticipated, was now suffocating because the friend was a nonstop talker, boaster, and one-upper.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2014

Yeah, whether it’s Richard Sherman or someone else, we love the big boast, even if the end game is invariably to tsk-tsk the boaster for having the temerity to speak his mind.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2014

The conscious flash of this thy grandsire's mail, Worse than the horrors of the fabled Gorgon, That curdled blood to stone, will shrink his sinews, And cast the wither'd boaster at thy feet.

From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Jephson, Robert