as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth
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The floor-length gown boasted a deep neckline and short sleeves, along with a waist-cinching bodice that cascaded into a mermaid skirt.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Located on Lake Superior in the northwest of the state on the border of Minnesota, the city boasted an average home value of $225,498 and an average monthly mortgage of $1,291.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos' defense looks like the unit that every member of that unit has bragged about to every reporter that came through Denver.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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Loyd, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray all bragged to Hammon on the championship podium that their plants are still alive — and ran with the metaphor all season of being planted, not buried.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Vapored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vapored. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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