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Recent Examples of boastfulness
And there are those who misconstrue a factual anecdote for boastfulness.
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Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastfulness
Noun
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Trump’s remarkable bravado – amplified by his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – seems designed to generate peak leverage.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Their voices carry a tone of bravado and voyeurism in their pursuits for close proximity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Saturday, on the streets of Washington, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly and ostentatious military parade, a gaudy display of waste and vainglory staged solely to inflate the president’s dirigible-sized ego.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2023
Noun
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Too few compliments make kids feel slighted, while too many can inspire arrogance.—
Wayne Parker,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2026
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Adam McKay’s toxically smug dissection of Dick Cheney fails to take the full measure of this monstrous vice-president, but even so, Bale taps into something elemental about the man’s arrogance and domineering personality.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump’s default setting is triumphalism.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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But there is a twist beneath Trump's triumphalism—the power to make the cuts comes from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, which was passed by Democrats and signed into law by then President Joe Biden.—
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s braggadocio State of the Union message about our surging economy and his compassionate ICE raids was the icing on the Circassian cake.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sure enough, Son did indeed suffer another precipitous fall, though today is once again brimming with braggadocio.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Indeed, his imprint ripples outward, from the interstellar swagger of OutKast and the android futurism of Janelle Monáe to the mystical poise of Erykah Badu and the sculptural, otherworldly aesthetics of Solange, Grace Wales Bonner, and Pharrell Williams.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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Nazar brings some swagger to the room, Oliver Moore is an ebullient and chatty guy, and Wyatt Kaiser and Spencer Knight have become thoughtful, respected voices in the room.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Boastfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastfulness. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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