as in bragged
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market
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Recent Examples of bulled
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025
Cathedral closed to 14-7 when Fa’alave-Johnson took a direct snap and bulled 16 yards into the end zone.
—Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
Three plays later, Kareem Hunt bulled his way into the end zone and the Chiefs had tied the game.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025
Cathedral closed to 14-7 when Fa’alave-Johnson took a direct snap and bulled 16 yards into the end zone.
—Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulled
Verb
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The differences between racial attitudes in America and those in Britain both pushed and pulled him out of his home country, but America needed that gift less than Britain did.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool did it by having Jordan Henderson drop from the right side of midfield to cover the space when Alexander-Arnold pushed up from full-back.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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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
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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
Verb
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Dwight reached out and squeezed my upper arm, pulling me into a bear hug, smashing my face against the rough canvas of his jacket, his gloved hand on my ass pulling me closer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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Patrick Mahomes’ torn right ACL and LCL prevented a late-season surge that might have squeezed KC into the postseason and another fateful meeting.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Even McDonald’s boasted about how their chicken nuggets, which first hit the market in 1981, were (and still are) made with all white meat.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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With its Victorian homes, beaches, and impressive culinary scene, the city boasted the largest discrepancy of major American cities the study looked.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Bulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulled. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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