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
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
It has given the bargain-hungry boaster inside all of us a great excuse to redefine what value means, be less ashamed of 'value' and to broadcast our great finds to friends, fans and followers instantaneously.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2013
In the section of military convicts was an old soldier who had been condemned to two years' hard labour, a great boaster, and at the same time a coward.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
