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as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament
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as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room
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Recent Examples of swaggered
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.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swaggered
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Apostolic Church of God Woodlawn Central also seeks to restore the density and vibrancy that the Woodlawn community once boasted but isn't always acknowledged.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Although the Justice Department has boasted of hiring the most immigration judges in one year, including a record-setting class of more than 80 people in May, only one of those new judges is currently assigned to Concord.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
10 June 2026
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The 53-year-old model strutted her stuff in Miami Beach, Florida wearing a set of equally stunning one-piece swimsuits.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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Some new names and familiar faces who strutted their stuff this year included Brooks Nader, Camille Kostek, Alix Earle, Molly Sims and Katie Austin, who is expecting her first child.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Andrew openly discussed bribing law-enforcement officials in War Room chats, and bragged on social media about his connections.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The center bragged for months about robust private donations, but Floca said in a court filing this spring that the number was in the tens of millions, not more than $100 million.—
Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Knick and Bill stalked a good buck but couldn’t get within range.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
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But all of it—the trees, the wildlife, the assemblage of diversity in both life and death through which Jacobs stalked in 1867—all of it was in a last gasp for existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Annin's operations director has strode past this scene every workday for more than two decades.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.—
Ross Mantle,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Swaggered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaggered. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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