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Recent Examples of boastful
Murray showed his roots casually while Kanye was apocalyptically boastful.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Freshly 17, the pride of Hollygrove runs through a laundry list of grievances that were gnawing at his mind, trading his typically boastful bars for tenderness and vulnerability.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Undeterred, Newsom has continued his boastful ways.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
This boastful survey is, on the one hand, very readable.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Freshly 17, the pride of Hollygrove runs through a laundry list of grievances that were gnawing at his mind, trading his typically boastful bars for tenderness and vulnerability.
—Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Undeterred, Newsom has continued his boastful ways.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
This boastful survey is, on the one hand, very readable.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastful
Adjective
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The kooky characters surrounding Judge Stone included the conceited prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), the imposing bailiff Bull Shannon (Richard Moll), and the idealistic public defender Christine Sullivan (Markie Post), each of whom had various quirks of their own.—
Dan Heching,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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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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Thanks to its partnership with Microsoft, resulting in near total control of PC chips throughout the 1990s, Intel got cocky.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ahmed will play cocky Flight Nurse Zay Patel, Meyboom as spirited rookie Flight Nurse Piper Adler, Eling as charming First Officer Wyatt Ellis, Lee as ambitious pilot Maya Yang, and Smith as Captain Riley, a globe-trotting pilot with a past connection to Wheezer.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Weapons' lifetime gross is still far afield of its closest horror competitor this year, Ryan Coogler's bombastic vampire thriller Sinners.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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American Ben Shelton, who has risen up the charts with his bombastic play and off-court appearances, including with girlfriend Trinity Rodman.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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These early years emphasized goofiness, offensiveness, and mocking arrogant celebrities who pushed their platforms at award shows.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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The announcement was made during a backstage segment involving NXT General Manager Ava and the arrogant superstar Lexis King.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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All but the most vainglorious architects imagine that their buildings will change in some small way after completion.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
2 Sep. 2025
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The real real thing tended to be rather different: clumsy, ad hoc, vainglorious—and secret.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Advertisement Gudsen's fractured identity—swaggering machismo versus devoted family man—might suggest dissociative identity disorder, but Lehane resists reducing him to a clinical label.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Though long celebrated as one of our most versatile screen stars, four-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe might not seem like the obvious choice to portray a swaggering, playboy billionaire modeled on Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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For the Connecticut Sun and its fans, the past is prideful, the future is murky.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
18 Aug. 2025
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Admittedly, that’s attributable less to Kahn himself — who remains as prideful and abrasive as ever, only now with a noticeably different voice — than the narrative function his character serves.—
Genevieve Koski,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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Anyier Anei is Ada, a newbie model from South Sudan by way of Kenya, wide-eyed and hungry as she’s tossed into a maelstrom of haughty men and clubgoing sisters in strutting.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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And Wednesday chooses her parents over her haughty grandmama Hester (Joanna Lumley).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Boastful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastful. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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