How to Use boastful in a Sentence

boastful

adjective

• That is but a mere sampling of the boastful claims contained in the video above.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• Kira starts, scolding the boastful blonde for not pulling her weight at the birthday party.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• Some friends have agreed to post on one another’s behalf, so as not to appear boastful.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 1 May 2021
• The music is the perfect soundtrack to Fieri’s food: dishes that are a little aggro, a little boastful and very much up in your grill.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
• Rare are the people who have heard Snyder offer boastful words about himself.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2023
• Their boastful coin may have marked a high point of good feeling among Caesar’s assassins.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
• And forget about boastful labels and logos in the age of quiet luxury.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
• The empty floors upstairs are layered with boastful stickers such as the one about the building’s A-plus air filtration system.
  — Conor Dougherty, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
• The empty floors upstairs are layered with boastful stickers like the one about the building’s A-plus air filtration system.
  — Emma Goldberg Aaron Wojack, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2022
• At Fresno, coach Mike Batesole would fine players who used I or me in boastful conversation.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Dec. 2022
• Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy rap about their lavish lifestyles and success, with playful, boastful lyrics that reflect the flashy side of Atlanta’s trap scene.
  — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 17 June 2024
• The fears prompted the health officials to relay their concerns to the White House - leading aides to pare back some of the more boastful language in Biden's original speech, officials said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• Once the leopard disappeared into the bush, the baboons returned and the four of us laughingly tried to imagine the meaning of their chatter, which sounded boastful now that the danger had passed.
  — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
• Despite their secret, that the viewer will discover little by little, Tony and Noé give their all to life, going from party to party for Tony, the boastful one who lives in the fast lane.
  — Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 9 July 2022
• Canteen Boy is a misfit — always dressed in Boy Scout attire with a baby-talk voice — who is universally mocked but still exudes a boastful pride.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Adhering to the austere values of rural New England, the message is welcoming but not boastful.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
• We have been programmed to believe that being our own advocate is boastful or distasteful as women.
  — Lauren Zajac, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
• Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
• On the eve of Election Day in 2016, Donald Trump made a characteristically boastful statement about his base of support.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Feb. 2021
• The lyrics describe life for many blue-collar Americans at that time, and the chorus exudes proud patriotism without being boastful.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
• But the one thing that is clear, according to an intelligence expert, is that the entire ordeal is showing how boastful Chinese officials are.
  — Kelly Terez, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2023
• One of the show’s interludes features an emcee, full of boastful sass, poking fun at fans’ never-ending pleas and thirst for supporting Renaissance music videos.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 13 June 2023
• This dial color doesn’t compete with the big textures happening on the bezel and the bracelet, while the size keeps everything in manageable proportions, resulting in a watch that feels confident, but not boastful.
  — Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 21 June 2024
• Some in Gonzales County dismiss the online discussions as boastful rhetoric.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Mar. 2021
• As a result, women often downplay their accomplishments for fear of being seen as too ambitious or boastful.
  — European School Of Management and Technology - Berlin, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• In the hierarchy of vital news stories on Tuesday, the ex-President's boastful ramblings pale in significance to the alarming events in Eastern Europe.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 23 Feb. 2022
• The pandemic has indeed destabilized our world, exposing scores of chinks in our boastful societal armor.
  — David Walcott, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Trump is incredibly boastful of his endorsement record.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Mar. 2022
• Gerry Turner was left in tears after one woman’s surprise departure, and there was no love lost between Kathy and Theresa, who fought over Theresa’s boastful attitude after getting the first one-on-one date of the season.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• His style was neither boastful nor necessarily visible to most people in Louisville.
  — Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024