showboat
Example Sentences
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Emails reveal the wealthy taking proxy measures of one another’s yachts and villas, showboating their riches in ways that make Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities” look like a genteel glimpse into society mores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
Private-sector stints were mere interregnums between political races and appointments, and every position of authority was a perch for aggressive bullying and showboating.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
Well, some people see it as showboating; I see it as emotion.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025
When he was forced off the council by term limits in 2003, Times columnist Patt Morrison said L.A. would be losing “a 16-year franchise on outrageousness, showboating and chutzpah.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
I’ve never watched anyone dance solo before, beyond the awkward showboating that happens when people circle up at bar mitzvahs.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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