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
If so, it’s because 26-year-old Fatimah Warner presents so many intertwined personas: family member, woke African-American woman, lover, boaster, worshiper, Chicagoan, Los Angeles transplant, rapper, singer, poet.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2018
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
Yet she knew he was not a boaster; he did what he said.
From Wyndham's Pal by Bindloss, Harold
