vaunted

past tense of vaunt

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Recent Examples of vaunted The kinks in the passing offense wouldn’t be as worrisome if the Eagles’ vaunted running game weren’t also enduring its own. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025 Fort Stewart in Georgia houses the US Army’s vaunted 3rd Infantry Division, a premier fighting force roughly 20,000 soldiers strong. Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vaunted
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Verb
  • The Phillies boasted a 96-66 record this season, the second-best in baseball, but were still unable to make it past the Dodgers in the playoffs.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In four of the first six games, the opponents have boasted better receivers, tight ends and running backs.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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“Vaunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunted. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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