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
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
So someone who “chui niu” is a boaster, a blowhard.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 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
There, with those men alone, I will hold Sippar against Gobryas—ay, and Kurush, too, if—" "Many things I have known thee do, Bel-shar-utsur; yet boaster wert thou never before.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton
