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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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In interviews, McCann boasted of notching huge returns on a flash-in-the-pan memecoin called BONK.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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As the tax season kicked off in January, the White House boasted that average returns were projected to rise by at least $1,000.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Mother Mary strutted to a solid limited opening as The Christophers expanded nicely and Exit 8 kept going.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after his victorious sit-in with Teddy Swims on Coachella’s main stage, David Lee Roth strutted into the media tent.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
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Before the trial, three inmates contacted the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office to say that Hedrick bragged about killing Beason, Miller and Fye.—
John Wayne Ferguson,
Houston Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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Lindell bragged of spending millions to combat election fraud.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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Two days earlier, the 30-year-old had posted a video of McCann, 45, proposing to her as a lion stalked forward in the foreground.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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As the title suggests, the screenplay also incorporates Middle English to transport the audience to a foggy village stalked by the titular beast.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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Messi, the master, strode to center stage, as if on cue.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Isaac Paredes, mired in an early slump, strode to the plate hitless in his last 18 at-bats.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 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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And the preacher pranced around the stage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Swaggered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaggered. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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