as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state
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Recent Examples of bragged
One such post on X received an inordinate amount of attention as one man bragged about masking at the British Museum in London to keep himself healthy and avoid losing points of IQ.
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Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Stadler officials have bragged that MARTA will have the most technologically advanced system in North America.
—Thad Moore, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
In the weeks that followed the shooting death of a 19-year-old Marine in Fort Worth earlier this year, the suspect bragged about the killing to a tipster, according to police documents.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
When cable television eventually was embraced by Hollywood and Wall Street, Turner bragged about having gotten there first.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 May 2026
The officer who rammed Martinez’s car and shot her multiple times — and bragged about it in his text messages — was allowed to leave the state and repair the car involved in the incident.
—Edwin C. Yohnka, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Proctor bragged about properly hydrating himself before practice, which is something past and present Dolphins coaches and trainers annually lecture the newcomers about to avoid dehydration, and the use of intravenous fluids.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
The person who’d posted the photo bragged about attending Epstein’s bar mitzvah, and claimed that Jeffrey had grown up in Sea Gate.
—Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
After Mullins was killed, police interviewed a man who said Mullins had bragged to him about killing Watkins, when the two were housed in a Bay Area jail together, authorities said in court filings.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Stadler officials have bragged that MARTA will have the most technologically advanced system in North America.
—Thad Moore, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
In the weeks that followed the shooting death of a 19-year-old Marine in Fort Worth earlier this year, the suspect bragged about the killing to a tipster, according to police documents.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
When cable television eventually was embraced by Hollywood and Wall Street, Turner bragged about having gotten there first.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 May 2026
The officer who rammed Martinez’s car and shot her multiple times — and bragged about it in his text messages — was allowed to leave the state and repair the car involved in the incident.
—Edwin C. Yohnka, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Proctor bragged about properly hydrating himself before practice, which is something past and present Dolphins coaches and trainers annually lecture the newcomers about to avoid dehydration, and the use of intravenous fluids.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
The person who’d posted the photo bragged about attending Epstein’s bar mitzvah, and claimed that Jeffrey had grown up in Sea Gate.
—Gabrielle Glancy, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
After Mullins was killed, police interviewed a man who said Mullins had bragged to him about killing Watkins, when the two were housed in a Bay Area jail together, authorities said in court filings.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bragged
boasted
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That class was, at the time, the highest rated in the history of 247Sports and boasted a ludicrous eight five-star signees.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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The one reliable starter the Giants had boasted this season — Landen Roupp — allowed eight earned runs on Monday.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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“Bragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bragged. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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