bragging
Example Sentences
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Competition—for capital, a record valuation, or good old-fashioned bragging rights—is the other factor.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It’s hard to imagine his administration being competent enough to fake such actions without at least one conspiracist letting the secret out, even by drunkenly bragging about it to a would-be mistress.
From Salon • May 13, 2026
There’s more on the line than bragging rights.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Videos ranking the best players of specific games show that bragging rights accrue long after the achievement itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
When he killed his first seal his mother took off her rings, for he was a man, and this was her way of bragging without saying a word.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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