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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
  • As the rest of the team forced the rookie back to the field for a triumphant curtain call, the pitchers waited for Yesavage in the home clubhouse.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no therapy like clawing back through both your triumphant and dismal decades and reliving them stanza by stanza, line by line, iamb by iamb.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The popular anime franchise Berserk, based on the manga created by Kentaro Miura, has been delighting fans since the 1990s.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Just as a waiter earns a big tip by delighting guests, businesses earn healthy profits by delighting customers.
    Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In grabbing McNeeley in the same class as Knueppel, Sion James and Ryan Kalkbrenner, Charlotte wanted to infuse its roster with youthful players boasting an old school mentality.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Despite boasting arguably the most potent offense in baseball, New York continues to struggle in the playoffs, with most of its star players, excluding Aaron Judge, having a poor postseason.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • IndieWire is proud to announce that Art House New York is launching, thanks to founder Lesli Klainberg, former president of Film at Lincoln Center.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Pinochet was proud of his personal library, with books on guerrilla insurgencies, the writings of Antonio Gramsci and other Marxist theorists, and accounts of communist crimes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wooldridge’s message mentioned Paul the Apostle’s exulting in the principles of faith, hope and love.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even her mom had let go of her dream of her daughter becoming a nurse, now bragging to her friends that her little girl was working for the NFL.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Freedom of Speech is far more American than a hundred-thousand-dollar-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago or trips to Epstein Island or bullying a network into cancelling Steven Colbert or bragging about having extorted $16 million from a movie studio.
    Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Raina is ecstatic at the news that Sergius has impulsively led a cavalry charge that resulted in heavy losses on his side.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Whether ecstatic or vitriolic, the attention the book garnered was unprecedented.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After triumphing on the dance show, Allen went on to star in 2010’s Step Up 3D, 2011’s Footloose remake and an episode of American Horror Story in 2011.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Madrid have won the Spanish title more often than any other club, triumphing 36 times.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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

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