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
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
How 'Intermezzo' sparked envy, became the galley brag of 2024
I, dear reader, am not above a galley brag.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Elon Musk, who launched the Department of Government Efficiency, which is at the heart of the shake-up of the federal government, has bragged about his tactics in rooting out leaks at his companies.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 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
Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
How 'Intermezzo' sparked envy, became the galley brag of 2024
I, dear reader, am not above a galley brag.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
Some of the ads bragged about Stellantis brands' U.S. heritage, including reminding people of Jeep’s hero role during World War II, according to published reports.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Elon Musk, who launched the Department of Government Efficiency, which is at the heart of the shake-up of the federal government, has bragged about his tactics in rooting out leaks at his companies.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 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
See All Example Sentences for brag
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“Brag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brag. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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