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An instance of boastful talk.

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Examples for "crow"
Examples for "crow"
1
She'll crow for days about the fact that I finally needed it.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
2
Male and female house crow look alike, although males are slightly larger.
The Guardian
3
Fifteen miles as the crow flies is the usual limit of vision.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
4
He had half the crow and hawk nests in the swamp located.
Freckles
5
Off in the checkered shadows of the forest a crow cawed derisively.
Diane of the Green Van
1
Other topics best avoided include boasting about the kids, politics and religion.
Independent.ie
2
Young forward Jonathan Freeman kicked four, with the Lions boasting 11 goalkickers.
The Guardian
3
Then they spent the remainder of the year boasting of the achievement.
The Story of a Pioneer
4
The creature was boasting, but Sharn-igon could believe the story easily enough.
Jem
5
Despite boasting one of the best scoring margins in the nation, No.
Reuters
1
It brings a certain credibility, authority and a confident swagger to proceedings.
BBC
2
His manner was changed; there was something of a swagger in it.
In a glass darkly
3
Morrison, playing with an increasing swagger, soon took control of the match.
The Guardian
4
Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
"My Novel" — Volume 11
5
When the pair returned the deputy seemed to have lost his swagger.
The High School Boys in Summer Camp
1
Users, however, routinely brag they can use the system to drive hands-free.
Reuters
2
Sorry to brag but our Christmas tree is absolutely gorgeous this year!
The Irish Times
3
However, Bellarmine's vacant attempts to brag about his wealth fell incredibly short.
The South African
4
The more we paid for it the louder the owner would brag.
The Ivory Trail
5
You didn't overstate the fact in your brag about the political graves.
The Grafters
1
He'd been bragging all week about how great his sonar gizmo was.
Anvil Gate
2
I am not bragging of it; I am only stating a fact.
Our Friend John Burroughs
3
She's been bragging to my other cousins all week that you're coming.
Rakes and radishes
4
But it is an opportunity for the supporters to get bragging rights.
The Guardian
5
If I were in your place I'd go around bragging about it.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
1
And, at one level at least, their crowing was easy to understand.
The Irish Times
2
He laughed; a high, chuckling, crowing laugh; the laugh of triumphant optimism.
In the Year of Jubilee
3
It was morning now; the cock was still crowing down at Sirilund.
Pan
4
From somewhere outside, she heard a crowing sound and looked up expectantly.
Hook
5
The animals were in the southeast corner, mooing and crowing and baying.
The Maze Runner
1
His bluster and gasconade desert him, and leave him in pitiful case.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
2
That they were captured by the Indian seems too much of a gasconade.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
3
This gasconade made the whole court laugh, even Catherine.
Catherine De Medici
4
We hear of no gasconade on her part.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
5
I love their jolly abandon of manner, their kindness and "honesty," and their gasconade.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
1
No doubt there was plentiful vaporing, and cases of backsliding might occur.
Essays — Second Series
2
But these South Carolina economists are better at vaporing than at calculation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 / A Maga...
3
Sir, there has been a good deal of vaporing on this subject.
American Eloquence, Volume 3 / Studies In American Political His...
4
In truth, mere vaporing hurt nobody, and caused no great alarm.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
5
We call it by every name of fleeting, dreaming, vaporing imagery.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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