But I was far too inhibited to be so boastful. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
His defense attorney says investigators had no evidence that the suspect meant to act on what he calls boastful chatter. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Its constructor did not overrate the benefit he had conferred when he wrote in an inscription which can scarcely be called boastful. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
That gave, or could have given the impression, or could have caused the danger of creating a certain kind of boastful attitude, creating. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO SPEECH DEDICATING ENGELS VOCATIONAL SCHOO] Reference
Among other words, 22 percent agreed with "boastful," 29 percent "complaining," 13 percent. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
There was a rakish, vagabond smartness, and a kind of boastful rascality, about the whole man, that was worth a mine of gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
EXCLUSIVE: New Lib Dem Cllr attacks "boastful" Roberts. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE:] Reference
Greenwich Watch: EXCLUSIVE: New Lib Dem Cllr attacks "boastful" Roberts. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE:] Reference
He thought it was too boastful and hokey, says his aides. From Wordnik.com. ['Strong And Steady'] Reference
"These boastful talkers seldom amount to much," said Owl. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
The inflation Democracy were not only hopeful but boastful. From Wordnik.com. [The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes] Reference
SCHAPER: It turns out that Kirk's boastful claim isn't true. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Former Senate Seat Up For Grabs] Reference
Thus for a long time he stayed, and was secure and boastful. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Notwithstanding this somewhat boastful order or appeal, General. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Most rock stars would make these lines boastful or self-pitying. From Wordnik.com. [Not Such Heartless Bastards After All] Reference
Darius condemns the rash, violent, boastful arrogance of his son. From Wordnik.com. [The National Theatre of Wales does battle with Aeschylus's The Persians] Reference
A Staunton (Virginia) paper contained the following boastful article. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
For he is not foolish nor boastful nor doth he vaunt his noble birth. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Henry returned home forty minutes later with a boastful look on his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Unfurl] Reference
'A boastful rogue thou art, 'cried the Red Knight, and laughed scornfully. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Opportunity -- vouchsafe to us, O boastful World, the chance of living men!. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
I wonder what Frederick the Great would have thought of these boastful warriors. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
"I'm older than my years," Lansing gave a boastful laugh, then did a bungling thing. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
However, the secretive habit of a lifetime sealed his lips against boastful avowals. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Forsooth, thou boastful braggart and mouthing hero, thou wilt not dare to deny it! '. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Of the three filmmakers, Boyens is the boastful one -- but only on behalf of her friends. From Wordnik.com. [Capturing Kong] Reference
We are justified by the penitent sense of want and not by the boastful sense of possession. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
The countries of East Asia are increasingly boastful about their history, culture and traditions. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Past, Asia's Future] Reference
I'd never heard a concrete story about someone experiencing it, only boastful displays and dirty jokes. From Wordnik.com. [Every Time a Fairy Gets Laid] Reference
The CIA thereafter regarded Chalabi as a boastful meddler, according to Chalabi's friends at the Pentagon. From Wordnik.com. [Spies, Lies &Amp; Iraq] Reference
Compared with the boisterous and sometimes boastful Rangers, Green Berets tend to be quieter and more modest. From Wordnik.com. [The War Of The Night] Reference
Declarations about income or expenses can come across as boastful -- or self-deprecating -- to those around you. From Wordnik.com. [Five Financial Faux Pas] Reference
If I were boastful I'd say that it earned me critical acclaim, unfathomable grants, and tenure among historians. From Wordnik.com. [Prehistoric History] Reference
Kerry did not wish to be directly quoted touting himself, however; he did not wish to appear defensive or boastful. From Wordnik.com. ['I'M GOING TO LEARN'] Reference
CHATTING OVER DINNER at Beijing's trendiest Shanghainese restaurant, the senior Chinese diplomat sounds almost boastful. From Wordnik.com. [A Worried Silence] Reference
While the fighting still raged, Taliban commanders were already sending boastful emissaries across the border into Pakistan. From Wordnik.com. [The Unfinished War] Reference
The night we met, he interrupted our conversation many times to tell us unrelated, dull stories, which were boastful and pretentious. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Her friends say they're "just not that into him"] Reference
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