How to Use swagger in a Sentence

swagger

1 of 2 verb

• I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.
• On the Brighton stage, graduates danced and ran and swaggered.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• The buck stopped, stared, detected no threat and turned and swaggered away.
  — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2019
• The 6-foot-5 redshirt senior had a great time swaggering in the gold and black threads.
  — Rolando Rosa, ajc, 1 Sep. 2017
• The most sexed-up take on the look saw one guy swaggering down the runway like a cheeky gunslinger.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
• So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022
• The latest batch are all swaggering tributes to the ’70s—a decade when the patterns were brash, the knits were plush, and the fits were flattering.
  — Yang-Yi Goh, GQ, 26 Apr. 2018
• That looks prescient now, with swaggering space barons like Elon Musk...
  — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 17 May 2019
• The Western bird is famous for a mating dance in which males puff out their chests and swagger around breeding grounds called leks.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
• Forced turnovers lead to transition baskets, and that's when their swaggering hair is at its best.
  — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Singers and rappers could be swaggered out superheroes or African Queens, depending on the vibe.
  — refinery29.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• With his swaggering ease in the spotlight Jones seems to invite such comparisons.
  — Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 11 Oct. 2013
• Woods used to be the world's most daunting sports goliath, at once swaggering and stony, admired by some, resented by more, feared by all.
  — Bill Plaschke, latimes.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan shows up to chew some scenery as a swaggering cowboy of a government agent.
  — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2018
• Where that holiday-week concert at Saint Andrew’s had a cozy family vibe, Tuesday’s show swaggered with the feel of a big-time event.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2018
• Our Typhoon swaggered into sylvan Ann Arbor dressed in inky, Texas-tea black.
  — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 19 May 2020
• Their swaggering first-round performance leaves two ill-prepared boys open-mouthed like fish.
  — The Economist, 15 June 2019
• Cunningham shimmied her shoulders and swaggered toward the MU bench.
  — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 18 Feb. 2018
• No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2022
• Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2020
• Women swaggered by in tights, leatherette and heels that could dent metal, brushing past a vending machine that spits cigarettes.
  — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2018
• And yet there was never a sense of some behemoth swaggering to victory.
  — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 7 July 2019
• There’s something about plaid pants — collegiate yet cool, nerdy yet swaggering, prim yet slightly punky.
  — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Many drivers today have not experienced the rewards of a big, swaggering sedan.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2019
• In the new China where Mr Zhang spends most of his days—a swaggering country rushing to become a high-tech superpower—the 31-year-old is a model citizen.
  — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
• The high-concept stage design included not only many huge video screens but also smaller televisions of all sizes that Bono swaggered through and around. ...
  — Max Londberg and Timothy Finn, kansascity.com, 12 June 2017
• Johnny Depp has made a career out of playing eccentrics, geniuses, drunks and a swaggering pirate named Capt.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 May 2017
• Lyon/Toulouse band Tombouctou are pros at detouring: arty no-wave noise in some moments, swaggering primitive punk in others.
  — Maria Sherman, SPIN, 28 Feb. 2023
• My family was living in Kenya when a troop of 20 baboons swaggered into our backyard, causing a great scattering of shrieking children.
  — Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021

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swagger

2 of 2 noun

• He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.
• When was the last time a UP team had this kind of swagger?
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2022
• Most small dog breeds have the heart of a lion and the swagger to go with it.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 2 Feb. 2023
• From his end zone dances to his fashion, the man has swagger for days.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• The Longhorns will beat the Red Raiders two weeks in a row to exit the Big 12 with the swagger that’s eluded them for so long.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The straight, wide-but-not-too-wide pants add a sense of swagger, and in light tan, harmonize with the rest of the rig.
  — Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2023
• At the top, Amorosi flexes with a howl, the kind of swagger that comes with having been there, done it.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2023
• His swagger is apparent in his play on the field and his speech off it.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2023
• In the video, Laura Les and Dylan Brady, the pair who make up the band, swagger around a parking lot.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 27 July 2023
• Feels like Rosenqvist has a swagger about him this year.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• The fighter, a scrawny guy whose swagger looks put-on, hides his face in a monkey mask.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
• This bullpen has beaten the swagger out of a team that for more than a decade has been built on such swagger.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• The third-person thing is a sign of supreme confidence and swagger.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 27 July 2023
• As the season concluded, York seemed to get some of his swagger back.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2023
• The offense, though, continues to hunt for its stride and swagger.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• But Beth’s finest show of character comes through not in words but swagger.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
• For extra swagger, Branch’s Verve Chair is offered in cobalt, mint green, white, coral or navy and is from $549.
  — Stephen Treffinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• My persona is part doctor and artist with a twist of hip hop swagger wrapped into one.
  — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Julie recalled touring with Sinatra, and how the crooner knew the value of rhythm and swagger.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• Jaden worked the stage with the swagger and physicality of a mini-Travis Scott.
  — cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
• Some dogs arrive for snake training with a swagger, like a pit-bull mix named Newton who was Mr.
  — Jim Carlton, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
• But if the hero has a believable swagger, as Ah Sahm does, one’s mind instantly darts to Lee.
  — Jasper Lo, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
• The kid has it — the cool swagger, a unique vocal registry, the attitude, and his unflinching lyrics.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2023
• But this time, Ford will be projecting his swagger-and-smirk style from a smaller screen.
  — Dallas News, 19 Dec. 2022
• The Wings came into the mini-series full of hope and swagger, but the Senators punched them in the face and pocketed four points.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
• Mitchell scored Cleveland’s final eight points of the first half, going into the locker room with a swagger in his gait.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2023
• The talent and swagger and thrust of the Corvette flow from a philosophy that is very much different from the others.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
• Outta Sight is meat n’ potatoes rock, shot through with the type of swagger and grit that once powered rock radio.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
• Leaving the seats behind, Gosling stepped into the spotlight to perform the ballad with swagger.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
• JPMorgan Chase is giving the humble bank branch some swagger.
  — David Benoit, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024