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Recent Examples of boastful
Confidently sharing achievements should not be seen as boastful but rather as asserting competence and leadership.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
His bombastic style and boastful rhetoric are something people either love or hate.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
Biden’s boastful claim that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine gave new life and purpose to NATO has proved premature.
—Arthur Herman, National Review, 9 July 2024
In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
His bombastic style and boastful rhetoric are something people either love or hate.
—Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
Biden’s boastful claim that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine gave new life and purpose to NATO has proved premature.
—Arthur Herman, National Review, 9 July 2024
In my family you were not allowed to be immodest or boastful.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastful
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The film, which centers on a group of egotistical actors making a Vietnam War movie, grossed nearly $200 million worldwide and picked up an Oscar nomination for supporting actor thanks to Robert Downey Jr.Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
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And with Elon Musk playing a key role in this new administration, who knows in which direction his bombastic, egotistical whims may take AI development?Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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But Pacquiao had style and substance and a swagger that was somewhat more confidently good-natured than cocky.Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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The former congressman, chief of staff to President Barack Obama and mayor of Chicago is brash, a touch cocky and frequently profane.Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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As bombastic as its specs indicate, the BMW experience transitions from power-hungry to sensory-pleasing with its top retracted.James Raia, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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And with Elon Musk playing a key role in this new administration, who knows in which direction his bombastic, egotistical whims may take AI development?Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Some media outlets are surrendering to Trump already This absurd boasting — arrogant without portfolio — is just what Trump is looking for in the VOA job.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The single-camera series follows the arrogant, loudmouth U.S. Army Colonel Patrick Quinn (Leary), who, after an unfiltered rant, is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world.Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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Daemon, Viserys’s vainglorious younger brother, had married his niece in part as a way to strengthen his own bid for the throne, and Alicent had pushed for the ascension of her immature firstborn, Aegon.Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Debuting March 3, the six-part realpolitik satire, created and executive produced by Succession alum Will Tracy, sees Oscar and Emmy winner Winslet return to HBO in an often hilarious role as the vainglorious Elena.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2024
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The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the more prideful teams in the NBA.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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But the Rebels — losers at LSU in overtime Oct. 12 — will face a prideful team playing for the final time in 2024 on its home field.Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
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The expansive story of a Hungarian architect and his haughty patron required Corbet and team to shoot in the marble quarries of northern Tuscany — where rockslides constantly shift the landscape.Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Rory Kinnear is the closest thing the film has to a protagonist as Henry Hunt, a haughty activist with poor social skills.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Boastful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastful. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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