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Recent Examples of chest-thumping
The defensive spark plug somehow jumped higher than any Nuggets forward did for a rebound in Minneapolis last Thursday night, chest-thumping the glass at the top of his leap.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
The Sabres took the chest-thumping contest, out-hitting the B’s 53-38.
—Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
But his uppercase blasts, chest-thumping rants and coarse insults are more likely now to draw a Gallic shrug.
—Serge Schmemann, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
His remarks about Iran moved beyond personal attacks or chest-thumping nationalism to take on a tone of collective punishment and civilizational destruction.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
That didn’t stop Uthmeier from chest-thumping across social-media platforms.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The hair-whipping, chest-thumping church founder uprooted her polarizing sect from Manchester, England, to Manhattan before fleeing farther still into the countryside.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Plenty of glee, no chest-thumping.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
And then there is the chest-thumping.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
The Sabres took the chest-thumping contest, out-hitting the B’s 53-38.
—Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
But his uppercase blasts, chest-thumping rants and coarse insults are more likely now to draw a Gallic shrug.
—Serge Schmemann, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
His remarks about Iran moved beyond personal attacks or chest-thumping nationalism to take on a tone of collective punishment and civilizational destruction.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
That didn’t stop Uthmeier from chest-thumping across social-media platforms.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The hair-whipping, chest-thumping church founder uprooted her polarizing sect from Manchester, England, to Manhattan before fleeing farther still into the countryside.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Plenty of glee, no chest-thumping.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
And then there is the chest-thumping.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chest-thumping
Noun
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In the book, Caputo’s initial pride and arrogance soon give way to a more contemplative spirit, followed by degeneration.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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That’s where arrogance becomes a liability.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Fridays bring themed classes, courses high on intel and low on snobbery.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps this means that resistance to hype is not snobbery but identity management—a need for differentiation that gets triggered when a person believes their autonomy is under threat.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While the chain's restaurant margin decreased because of commodity and labor inflation, some of that decline was offset by higher sales, according to the earnings report.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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The war has already sent the price for a barrel of Brent up from roughly $70 and delivered a blast of painful inflation through the global economy.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Noun
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These small acts of self-assertion prevent the quiet buildup of imbalance and keep the emotional ledger from drifting into resentment over time. 2.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Your challenge has everything to do with balancing your desire for self-assertion with patience.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.—
Sharon Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Shelby Garza is fiery but relatable as The Nina, and her character’s humility balances that of the arrogant and misogynistic D. Vicious, who Jacob Lopez plays with both sleazy pomposity and vulnerability.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Wagner’s humor deflates pomposity, and gives you permission to trust your own palate first.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Chest-thumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chest-thumping. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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