showoff
Example Sentences
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The standard-repertory work completing the program is a beloved orchestral showoff romp, Strauss’ “Don Juan.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021
“He thought he was doing his job. He wasn’t a showoff in that respect and wasn’t searching for hero worship.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2021
He could be daring, a bit of a showoff, yet friends were eager to be near him.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2021
Well, fate, which never likes a showoff, for one thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2019
Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
