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braggart

[brag-ert] / ˈbræg ərt /


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While previous owners had acknowledged Malört’s taste with ad copy calling it a “challenge to the braggart who says ‘I can drink anything,’” CH Distillery initially considered more positive takes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

A fast talker who exudes confidence but isn’t a braggart, Newman looks far younger than 49.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2025

He comes across as an insecure braggart in the indictment, a man desperate to cling to his status after an embarrassing fall from power.

From Slate Jun. 10, 2023

Sonny Barger, 83, the bigger-than-life godfather of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, equal parts brawler, bully, braggart, rule breaker and shrewd huckster of his own outlaw mystique, died Wednesday at his home in California.

From Seattle Times Jul. 1, 2022

Those people have now got me down for a braggart and a liar.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Service to fellow wine lovers is clearly key in r/wine—a refreshing change from platforms like Instagram, where bottle-shot braggarts abound.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

Rodell's team found similar results when surveying an additional 218 real-life employees about their experiences with stress braggarts.

From Science Daily May 23, 2024

“He just did not suffer fools, braggarts, or idiots well.”

From Washington Times Oct. 18, 2020

You’re in an underworld of informants and braggarts, and you can’t tell when people are bragging about being involved.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2016

Unless a group of little girls chanted some especially clever riddle, my mother, who distrusts people with public concerns, braggarts, went over to the quiet older girls with the dignified bows.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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