swanking

present participle of swank

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swanking
Verb
  • With his deathly pallor and Byronic charm, Stamp was perfect as the self-destructive, swaggering scoundrel who is haunted by visions of a spectral little girl.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • On it, Sombr elevates the bedroom pop of his earlier work, giving it a more muscular, swaggering sound.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His team describes their work as meaningful and worth bragging about.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But a homeowner who nabbed a 3% mortgage in the low-interest years might still be bragging about it to the neighbors.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 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
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, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Swanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swanking. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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