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Meanings of boast in English
Portuguese
ostentamento Catalan
autobombo Synonyms
Examples for "gas"
Examples for "gas"
1
Electric power projects include nuclear power plants, gas-fired power plants and others.
2
A similar gas row briefly disrupted supplies to Europe three years ago.
3
EU officials said the gas talks would continue in Brussels next week.
4
The Company's main products include electric power, gas and steam, among others.
5
The company has always said its gas is highly competitive in Europe.
1
And La Motte; at the first blow; was more than half successful.
2
It was a blow in the face; his own voice hardened then.
3
My head sunk on my breast; I received the blow in silence.
4
The salt winds of the Channel blow in through the open ports.
5
He got in between the armour plates; first blow went to him.
1
Great was the astonishment when one of the donkeys began to bray.
2
The donkey gave a loud bray and kicked up its heels wildly.
3
The fiend began to groan and bray-he was daunted and beat off.
4
The lieutenant laughed a harsh bray and raised his glass in salute.
5
If you could bray like the donkey, I'd be the roaring bull.
1
Users, however, routinely brag they can use the system to drive hands-free.
2
Sorry to brag but our Christmas tree is absolutely gorgeous this year!
3
However, Bellarmine's vacant attempts to brag about his wealth fell incredibly short.
4
The more we paid for it the louder the owner would brag.
5
You didn't overstate the fact in your brag about the political graves.
1
Despite his bluster, I noticed that he was keeping clear of Steakhouse.
2
The event was not a clear win for Washington, despite Trump's bluster.
3
Few people will take Nick Clegg's latest bluster on tax fairness seriously.
4
At the time it was easy to dismiss Ellison's statements as bluster.
5
So underneath the bluster, Batou was afraid his new look was disturbing.
1
But leaders including US President Donald Trump continue to tout its use.
2
Enthusiasts tout cyber schools for their innovative teaching methods and computer technology.
3
Soon after, Stone grew less hesitant to tout his access to Trump.
4
I'm not a ticket tout, I operate in the secondary ticketing market.
5
The lenders tout variable rates that start at less than 3 percent.
1
Not a sound could he hear, save the swash of the waves.
2
Here, in these secluded nooks, I found security from the steamer's swash.
3
I s'pose Ingolby has paid this old skeesicks for talking this swash.
4
He felt the swash of the fragrant water upon his body.
5
I was as a man who swash-buckles- arecklessmariner of the olden time.
1
Thus did he vaunt, but darkness closed the eyes of the other.
2
Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by his saying.
3
But it is not for me to vaunt myself for my voyages.
4
Nor did Agricola ever vaunt his exploits to blazon his own fame.
5
But we met as kindred, if I may vaunt myself so much.
1
His bluster and gasconade desert him, and leave him in pitiful case.
2
That they were captured by the Indian seems too much of a gasconade.
3
This gasconade made the whole court laugh, even Catherine.
4
We hear of no gasconade on her part.
5
I love their jolly abandon of manner, their kindness and "honesty," and their gasconade.
1
Koa, I'm going to shoot a line straight out toward Alpha Centauri.
2
Vienna shot a line to Mrs. Adister O'Donnell.
Usage of boast in English
1
Salt-N-Pepa boast a friendship and working relationship that has spanned 30 years.
2
But it was a good performance. He allowed himself this small boast.
3
Maria Theresa could hardly allow such a boast to pass without comment.
4
It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
5
That boast was at the very heart of their Project Fear campaign.
6
It sounds more like a simple statement of fact than a boast.
7
Few of the billets or tents in France boast of a stove.
8
The bedroom suites come fully furnished and boast period charm in abundance.
9
Both teams boast comparable assets and labour and both have similar misgivings.
10
Governments have been able to boast that we can have it all.
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They also boast of the legislation that's in place to protect women.
12
Well said the wise king: Let no one boast of the morrow.
13
It's a proud national boast that the Irish are a musical people.
14
Nor am I going to boast; for I have made no conquests.
15
They boast that in a fight one Gaul is worth ten Italians.
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Meanwhile, the pastor can also boast a fleet of four private planes.
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