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Recent Examples of boastful
The key is to strike a balance between being too humble and coming across as merely boastful.
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John Hall, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The reputation that Rickey Henderson engendered over his decades in the game was of a proud and often boastful player.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Image On eve of inaugural, Trump vowed to end ‘American decline’
Donald Trump held a boastful, campaign-style rally at an arena in downtown Washington on the eve of his second inauguration.
—Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
But the celeb-dense Broadway phenomenon du jour is Mulaney and Simon Rich’s All In with its boastful list of guest stars like Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fred Armisen.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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John Hall, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The reputation that Rickey Henderson engendered over his decades in the game was of a proud and often boastful player.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Image On eve of inaugural, Trump vowed to end ‘American decline’
Donald Trump held a boastful, campaign-style rally at an arena in downtown Washington on the eve of his second inauguration.
—Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
But the celeb-dense Broadway phenomenon du jour is Mulaney and Simon Rich’s All In with its boastful list of guest stars like Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fred Armisen.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boastful
Adjective
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In the 1998 episode, Theroux, 53, appears briefly as an egotistical writer who flirts with Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw at a party.—
John Russell,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Yes: Crumb’s work is egotistical, misogynist, racist—or, more generously, a feculent parody.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
17 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Dolphins fans were more giddy, cocky and optimistic than Philly fans, Buffalo fans, Baltimore fans and San Francisco fans combined.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the Mike White directed HBO drama, Schwarzenegger plays Saxon Ratliff, the cocky, finance bro son of a wealthy Southern family.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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Somewhere between bullish and bombastic sits Dana Brown, the antithesis of almost all of his baseball contemporaries.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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And his commanding voice leads the way for the blissful and bombastic blend of music delivered by a range of amazing vocalists throughout the cast.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In a world where deal flow is crucial, being labeled as an arrogant VC results in missing out on prime opportunities.—
David Nour,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The arrogant anti-union stance did not start with the current CEO; even the legendary Studs Terkel was slapped down by WFMT management for his earlier support of an effort to unionize in 1990.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Daemon, Viserys’s vainglorious younger brother, had married his niece in part as a way to strengthen his own bid for the throne, and Alicent had pushed for the ascension of her immature firstborn, Aegon.—
Inkoo Kang,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Debuting March 3, the six-part realpolitik satire, created and executive produced by Succession alum Will Tracy, sees Oscar and Emmy winner Winslet return to HBO in an often hilarious role as the vainglorious Elena.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 June 2024
Adjective
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Working in the courthouse is also a prideful experience for those who have been there many years, like bailiff Suzie Piazza of Valparaiso, who was hired by the late Judge Mary Harper and is in her 28th year working in the building.—
Deena Butterfield,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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That, again, was a bridge too far for the prideful former player.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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In life, she was often cast aside by her horrendous husband and, in death, her haughty personality often gets in the way of forming deep connections.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
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In character as a free spirit who scorns social convention, Davis is all haughty tosses of the head and sneering lines.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Boastful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boastful. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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