bragged; bragging
: to talk boastfully
always bragging about his success
: to assert boastfully
bragged that she was the faster runner on her team
Examples of brag in a Sentence
Noun
for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little
he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns
Verb
After winning the race, she couldn't stop bragging.
“I don't mean to brag,” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.”
He bragged that his daughter was the best student in her class.
“I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged.
Adjective
he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car
Recent Examples on the Web
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Archetypal playboy Eddie Irvine has always loved a humble brag, renowned for accumulating a long list boys toys assets after following a successful F1 career.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 May 2025
Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 July 2025
With so much focus on education and woes in this country, Detroit Cristo Rey has a different narrative, one worth bragging about as all 74 seniors graduating on June 6 have been accepted to colleges ranging from Harvard, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Georgia Tech, Wayne State and Madonna.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Usually, embedding the brag portion is a handy means of somewhat hiding the brag.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
There’s a whole new tone and dynamism to LinkedIn: more human, less not-so-humble brag.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Archetypal playboy Eddie Irvine has always loved a humble brag, renowned for accumulating a long list boys toys assets after following a successful F1 career.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 May 2025
Verb
Earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo bragging about hiring 11 AI experts from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's DeepMind.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 July 2025
With so much focus on education and woes in this country, Detroit Cristo Rey has a different narrative, one worth bragging about as all 74 seniors graduating on June 6 have been accepted to colleges ranging from Harvard, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Georgia Tech, Wayne State and Madonna.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
Do not blunder into a situation of getting caught with a brag afoot.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Usually, embedding the brag portion is a handy means of somewhat hiding the brag.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Brag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brag. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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