brag

I hate to brag, but in addition to being able to see at night, we could take a hot shower and prepare a home-cooked meal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"To the thief: we don't fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have, we just wish you obtained it the honourable way."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Hal is the kind of man who’d brag he came by his greatness through hard work and keeping his nose clean.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

They begin by saying how grateful they are and how they are absolutely not trying to brag.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Then ’cause it was my brother and I figured I could brag a little, “Actually, really well. I like it. And he says I’m good at it.”

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

“The exact thing that he brags about is now an indictment on him,” Hinojosa told me in an August interview.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I have not missed an issue in 32 years,” he brags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

While he brags, it is others who have to carry out his orders and, far too often, make the ultimate sacrifice.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026

Nobody brags about water stocks at cocktail parties — that’s how you know they might actually work.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025

“Last year I helped raise enough money to send 120 mosquito nets to a village in Ghana,” she brags.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Rather than something to be played down, working yourself to the bone is to be bragged about—and advertised for up front.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Howard Lutnick, the billionaire commerce secretary, bragged last year that if the Social Security Administration stopped sending checks to his mother-in-law she wouldn’t complain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The federal attorneys said the Tates had access to resources that could help fund an escape and they had bragged about having multiple passports.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

He bragged about the stock market, the border, and his efforts to lower drug prices.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

She wouldn’t be bothered with parents who bragged about their children’s accomplishments, yet she insisted we strive for the highest professional goals.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Davis’ lawyers will seek to portray him as a fabricator — his bragging is all fiction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Joining the fight for Premier League bragging rights are Manchester United, majority-owned by US family the Glazers and Chelsea, whose ownership group is headed by American Todd Boehly.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

If any move does materialise for Romero, it would be a sensational development and be another deal, following the one for Eze last season, which would present a chance for bragging rights for Arsenal fans.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

It was like they saw it as bragging, like ‘Ugh, fine, we get it, you’re educated.’

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

“I don’t know what the Erudite are always bragging about. Dauntless cake is much better.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth