And so much arrogance and boastfulness from the great Obama himself. From Wordnik.com. [McCain resurrects call for gas tax holiday] Reference
While duly respectful and betraying not a whit of boastfulness, that is a comment containing more than a hint of steel. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Boyish boastfulness which is at the same time coarse and clumsy. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Anton Chekhov] Reference
Dicky had a fault it was a tendency to boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference
Effrontery and boastfulness have often another source. From Wordnik.com. [Poise: How to Attain It] Reference
You who have steeped your hearts in pride and boastfulness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century] Reference
Yet I caught an undercurrent of boastfulness which set me off. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
Her boastfulness and huge ego are getting to be too much to bear. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Less than perfect friendships] Reference
(Moral. xxiii) boastfulness is numbered among the species of pride. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Without such reason, to repeat it would have been mere boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [George Silvermans's Explanation] Reference
On the stump your references take on a kind of agitated boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [A Time To Get Serious-Campaign '92] Reference
In silliness and boringness and conceitedness and boastfulness and ... '. From Wordnik.com. [In the Fifth at Malory Towers]
For one thing, there was no hint of boastfulness, no swagger in the man. From Wordnik.com. [Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus]
Note, also, their exaggerated boastfulness, even in their best speeches. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
“But the boastfulness,” he said, “of the President and the media.”. From Wordnik.com. [Oscars at War: A Somber Party, A Gentler Glitz] Reference
There seemed to be a great deal of boastfulness in that response yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2005] Reference
Therefore boastfulness should not be reckoned among the daughters of vainglory. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
But he often seemed to undermine himself with his brusque manner and boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [ONE MAN'S FLIGHT OF FANCY] Reference
Praise certainly quite high enough, for a mixture of lamentation and boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
There is the same swagger and boastfulness running through the whole of the speeches. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
The boastfulness of the advance is gone, -- and there is chance for sober reflection. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
Yes, true love expresses itself, not in clamorous boastfulness, but in quiet services. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Wealth alone is the root of niggardliness and boastfulness, pride and fear and anxiety!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
He must control anger, jealousy, boastfulness, and other of the more elemental emotions. From Wordnik.com. [Vocational Guidance for Girls] Reference
Excessive envy, death, and boastfulness, are the causes of the destruction of prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Bhishma and Drona and Kripa and Salya, O Bharata, saying, 'Fight ye without boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
"It is not very easy to talk of one's own doings, but I will do my best to avoid boastfulness.". From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
Thanks to Leballo's limelight-seeking boastfulness, most of the conspirators were in detention. From Wordnik.com. [The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania A viable alternative or a flat spare-tyre?*] Reference
The only message that I heard was snide boastfulness and a total lack of substance on the issue. From Wordnik.com. [Obama And Hillary Release Dueling "Memos" On Iran] Reference
And yet there was no boastfulness in his tone as he spoke of his exploits; he was simply stating facts. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
These figures must not be accepted as evidence of greedy fishing or anything of that kind, nor are they written down in boastfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Earlier writers, while they call him obliging, honest and courteous, speak also of his self-conceit, boastfulness, fondness for drink. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
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