showboated

past tense of showboat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for showboated
Verb
  • Tiny reveled about her husband on her own Instagram.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Authorities believe it was cut up and sold, AP reported.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • They also aren’t burdened with making sure any of their shots match, since in essence any take can be cut up into a master, close-ups, two-shots, or whatever else Cameron decides.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The right side of the dress featured a loose, flowing sleeve with subtle draping for an effortless look, but the opposite side of the dress showed off the influencer's toned figure.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Hilaria Baldwin and Gleb Savchenko showed off their Cha Cha skills loud and proud tonight!
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By Brendan Kuty, Jen McCaffrey and Chris Kirschner NEW YORK — The crowd roared, and then the building shook.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Pirates scored nine runs in their first at-bat and led 16-10 after six innings, but the Rockies roared back with five runs in the ninth, winning the 3-hour, 37-minute score-a-thon on Brenton Doyle’s two-run homer.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Showboated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showboated. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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