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Recent Examples of boastful
To self-promote without seeming boastful, write articles, share industry insights on social media, and speak at conferences to demonstrate your expertise and point of view, and position yourself as a thought leader.
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William Arruda, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Berlin Alexanderplatz presented Hofmann with a particular challenge because of its rich seam of local dialect and the boastful, big-city idiom known as Berliner Schnauze, as well as constant wordplay.
—David Blackbourn, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2019
Confidently sharing achievements should not be seen as boastful but rather as asserting competence and leadership.
—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
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William Arruda, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Berlin Alexanderplatz presented Hofmann with a particular challenge because of its rich seam of local dialect and the boastful, big-city idiom known as Berliner Schnauze, as well as constant wordplay.
—David Blackbourn, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2019
Confidently sharing achievements should not be seen as boastful but rather as asserting competence and leadership.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastful
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This was my chance to not be an actor, not have that stink of being an actor, that egotistical, show-off, controlling, making choices, being clever part of being an actor.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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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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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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The cocky decision will have unnerving ramifications.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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But get used to me — black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The trial could also provide courtroom fireworks between two bombastic attorneys.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Biden, the nation’s oldest commander-in-chief, strode stiffly into the ceremony flanked by Harris after both failed to deliver on Democratic hopes to turn the page on the era of Trump’s bombastic populism.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald return as love interest Virginia Venit and arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, respectively, and the cast includes rookies like Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce and pro wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those include genial second-year resident Dr. King (Taylor Dearden), arrogant intern Santos (Isa Briones), and doe-eyed med students Javadi (Shabana Azeez) and Whittaker (Gerran Howell).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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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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This is a prideful team that knows it was dealt a bad hand this year.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 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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The film centers on a colony of ants — no better model for we, the lowly workers — who must toil to yield a yearly sacrifice of grain to the haughty grasshoppers in order to be left alone.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
20 Jan. 2025
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Known for his suave leading roles, Jourdan depicts vampirism as a mark of haughty aristocracy rather than an outright curse.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Boastful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastful. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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