boaster

Example Sentences

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Steele, meanwhile, told agents during an October 2016 meeting in Rome that one of his sources was a “boaster” and “egotist” and “may engage in some embellishment,” according to the inspector general’s report.

From Washington Post

Mr. Steele later would describe Person 1 as a “boaster.”

From Washington Times

He was not a boaster, but it was clear from his pictures—of war, of conflict, of civil unrest—that he was brave.

From The New Yorker

The boaster, he said, “claims more than he has” and is “a contemptible sort of fellow” but “seems futile rather than bad.”

From New York Times

If so, it’s because 26-year-old Fatimah Warner presents so many intertwined personas: family member, woke African-American woman, lover, boaster, worshiper, Chicagoan, Los Angeles transplant, rapper, singer, poet.

From New York Times