bragging 1 of 2

present participle of brag

bragging

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bragging
Adjective
Martin jumped in to say that Short was bragging about his own hairdo on the car ride to the award show. Raven Brunner, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 For many professionals—especially those from cultures that emphasize collaboration over individual recognition—describing their impact can feel uncomfortably like bragging. Gina Riley, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 Make each presentation punchy and powerful without bragging. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Sure, some people might be indeed outrightly bragging about a brand new million-dollar Maserati, but others might merely be excited to have a new car that works reliably and will daily serve their harried transportation needs. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 Each should highlight my expertise without bragging. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 The Department of Transportation compiles a list of which ones are the most trafficked and tracks which airlines have the biggest market share along those routes, in case consumers are interested in who has bragging routes for serving which destinations. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024 Tesla responded Thursday by posting a video on X bragging about the robot's capabilities in what was seen as an attempt to provide assurances that the demonstration wasn't all smoke and mirrors. Nathan Bomey, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 For those not super familiar with bird hunting, Walz was bragging. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bragging
Verb
  • The hotel's interiors are a high-end delight, with rooms boasting leather furnishings, plush bedding, and marble baths.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The sequel has been well-received by both critics and audiences, boasting a 72% critics score and an 82% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Murray showed his roots casually while Kanye was apocalyptically boastful.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • Undeterred, Newsom has continued his boastful ways.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Such an obvious way to exhibit his egotistical personality.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2025
  • Responding to questions from defense lawyer Teny Geragos, Jane agreed that Combs became more apologetic and attentive, less egotistical and cold.
    NBC News, NBC news, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Jimmy, boyish and cocky as ever, proves a real asset thanks to his clandestine connection with Lex’s fashionista, selfie-snapping girlfriend Eve (Sara Sampaio).
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
  • The story itself is stripped to bone and sinew: a sleepy New England beach town that wants tourist dollars more than truth, an invisible killer in plain water, and three men — one scared sheriff, one cocky scientist, one Ahab of a fisherman — set adrift to settle nature’s score.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Your bombastic attacks on the free press are, at best, unflattering — and at worst, undermine a core tenet of democracy.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • So, for his debut LP, Frankie Grande took some of his darker thoughts, blended them with a series of bombastic dance-pop beats and created Hotel Rock Bottom, an often earnest, occasionally campy tabelau of personal highs, lows and all the moments that come in between.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 July 2025
  • In 2022, Ackles joined the cast of Prime Video's The Boys as arrogant superhero Soldier Boy.
    Brianne Tracy, People.com, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • In Superman, Bennett steps into the shoes of Steve Lombard, the Daily Planet's smug sports reporter.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 June 2025
  • One of Ferrell’s biggest and best movies was this hilarious racing spoof, which followed the rise and fall and rise of a smug champion racer, his complicated friendship with best pal and fellow racer John C. Reilly, and his rivalry with an effete, snotty Frenchman played by Sacha Baron Cohen.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025

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