swaggering
Example Sentences
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The standout characters in “Crucible” include Ford’s swaggering head of security, Harry Bennett, a former boxer who uses his Dearborn, Mich., office for rifle target practice and keeps lion cubs as pets.
A swaggering drifter named Hal Carter arrives in town looking for work, and by sunset he has thrown the community, especially the fragile Madge Owens, into emotional turmoil.
Who else can deliver those swaggering lines, or the theatrical wounded pride when a postgame interviewer dares to ask why the moment never gets too big for Indiana?
If only the swaggering Trojans weren’t also so sloppy.
From Los Angeles Times
It was Old Timothy, swaggering in the door like a captain on the deck of his own ship.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
