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crowing

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verb

present participle of crow

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crowing
Verb
Mist curls through the jungle canopy as Ubud stirs with roosters crowing and incense rising from its ancient temple shrines. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 The foreign ministry spokeswoman in Moscow is crowing about that – that he's no longer isolated. NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025 There were a few more taste tests and recipe readings before crowing the blue ribbon champion. Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowing
Adjective
  • Fast forward a mere 29 years or so, and Heaven Hill has at last made its triumphant return to Bardstown with its new, enormous, state-of-the-art Heaven Hill Springs Distillery.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Witnessing the Gallaghers lay down their arms to deliver one of rock music’s most triumphant comeback stories has made Shultz reflect on sharing his band — and life — with his brother, Brad.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To ensure staff are focused on delighting customers, the leadership embodies adaptive mindsets, that inspire commitment and innovation.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Djokovic has looked a man renewed in New York this year, delighting crowds with some of his rallies as his dances on court following his wins.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 94-year-old media titan has ensured that his vast corporate empire — boasting Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post among other titles — will retain its quintessential conservative identity after his death.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Sanders has started to follow in her mother's footsteps by modeling, while also boasting a significant following on social media.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As Cantillo dissected his outing, Hedges peered over at him, beaming like a proud father.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the proud Eugene will not hear of it.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So, documenting one of his first shows in New York feels less about bragging to your friends online, or even generating a watchable clip, and more about capturing history.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Bronstein says the lines between reality and what appears to be reality are blurred as bragging spills over to personal lives and work, projecting, exaggerating and competing for attention.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The prose is ecstatic and freaky and muscular.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If this game was a sign of things to come, Green Bay fans should be ecstatic.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Intriguingly, both ties were played in West Germany, with Gladbach winning 6-0 in Augsburg before triumphing 10-0 in their own stadium in the second leg.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Crowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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