How to Use braggart in a Sentence

braggart

noun
  • Both stateside and abroad, Neri was a workhorse but never a braggart.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Woody had a braggart streak made gleefully macabre by his crystal-meth pipe.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
  • Wendell Bailey set his son straight that day: Nobody likes a braggart.
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2020
  • But as is the nature of humble-braggarts, most don’t actually mean it.
    Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Until recently, Ford was the reigning braggart, with its Power Stroke diesel making 1050 pound-feet of torque.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2021
  • An impressive braggart, Weist isn’t trying to come off as a father figure.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Trump is a childish braggart, not a deliberate traitor.
    Robert MacKey, The Intercept, 16 May 2017
  • At this stage, there is no reason not to; Scotty does not seem remotely like a braggart or someone desperate for a sliver of late-in-life fame.
    Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The show has its share of braggarts and trash talkers, which makes Garrett's quiet humility a welcome contrast.
    Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Johnson—in this, like Trump—acts as a showman, a braggart, and a clown in order to rule without real responsibility.
    Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2021
  • Your brother-in-law is a conscienceless, immature braggart.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 14 May 2021
  • What do the words politicaster, mongrel, and braggart have in common?
    Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
  • The remark helps endear Margaret to Johnson, who proceeds to gratuitously mock the 35th president as a callow braggart.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Mayweather is the money-minded braggart whose custom Rolls-Royce limousine is lined with chinchilla fur carpeting.
    Greg Cote, miamiherald, 17 June 2017
  • Check yourself: Bear in mind that there is a difference between being an advocate for yourself and an insufferable braggart.
    Samantha Boardman, Marie Claire, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Morrissey understands the snotty, cowardly nature of media braggarts as well as those who envy the commanding heights.
    Armond White, National Review, 29 Apr. 2020
  • His shaky self-confidence appears to be improving, and Collum -- who’s far from a braggart -- has quietly assumed an early lead in this grueling competition.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Rogow described his client as a natural braggart whose claims of insider information didn't match reality.
    Ashraf Kahlil, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Rogow described his client as a natural braggart whose claims of insider information didn’t match reality.
    Michael Balsamo, Time, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Shaq escalated his verbal slap fight with basketball dad and serial braggart LaVar Ball by dropping a surprisingly entertaining diss track.
    Gabrielle Bruney, Esquire, 29 July 2017

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