vaporing

Example Sentences

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This was my Lord John Russell, who, after vapouring like “ancient Pistol,” quietly sneaked off after his usual fashion, and did nothing.

From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham

We find, however, that a portion of this divine art, one of the professors acknowledges to be vapouring and bragging!—a seasoning in this art, as well as in others.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

I have no doubt it is some vapouring effusion, which will afford us occasion for laughter.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

His vapouring ceased when he was dared to fight.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

I felt inclined to go and chuck the vapouring stage-hero out of the window; but I restrained myself.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm