The residents talk, compare, show-off and tell tales. From Wordnik.com. [Israel: One Wall Down, a New Reality in the Middle East] Reference
And that goes for that little Cranston show-off, too. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
LUDWIG: He ` s a show-off, what we call exhibitionistic. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2005] Reference
If you tried to be totally original, you were a show-off. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War] Reference
It's not going to be a Daskalopoulos museum, or a show-off space. From Wordnik.com. [ARTINFO: Keeping It Real: A Q&A With Greek Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos] Reference
Seven-time "New York Times" best-seller author, jeez, what a show-off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2007] Reference
At best they are nothing but show-off enhancements on existing gadgets. From Wordnik.com. [iPhonies] Reference
I'm not a snob about books, but I'm probably a show-off -- as who isn't?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book Collection That Devoured My Life] Reference
This was no show-off tour Stile was on; it was a fiendish punishment-tour. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
"This was an outrageous show-off blunder of total stupidity," he maintains. From Wordnik.com. [African Dreamer] Reference
But always add some show-off spin by quoting a lesser-known historical fact. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Hanft: Become David Brooks in an Hour or Less; Become a NY Times Columnist in Your Spare Time] Reference
Almost every display will show-off some award they've won for their vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Parker: Los Angeles Auto Show -- Insider's Guide] Reference
This is certainly not a show-off transfer, but the film looks relatively fine. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: DVD Review: Harry Brown (2010)] Reference
"If someone show-off give big," her mother would say, "this not really giving big.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bonesetter's Daughter]
Who could ever put up with a show-off small boy like that for more than ten minutes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
I don 'like shouting' Spirituals 'show-off and carrying on -- never did encourage it!. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives] Reference
It's declaring yourself either a show-off or a sheep -- and definitely a time-waster. From Wordnik.com. [Another Meeting?] Reference
“He was a braggart and a show-off but he was never involved in anything criminal.”. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Dentist]
Chinese like to display an elephant tusk in their living room to show-off their wealth. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
There is always the danger that theory will be used to show-off or bully and intimidate. From Wordnik.com. ['Blank pages in history should not be allowed'] Reference
"Personally, I just think he's a show-off," says Eden Garside, a 25-year-old civil servant. From Wordnik.com. [Irreverent? Or Just Boorish?] Reference
And I think, for him, this was a-- this was a show-off, and he felt this was real attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary] Reference
No. She went essentially to "show-off;" to "show those people I am just as good as they are.". From Wordnik.com. [Ed Whitfield: A Different View on School Desegregation] Reference
Maybe I was a little bit of a show-off; I liked to recite the prayers better than anybody else. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Jonathan Worth Daniels, March 9-11, 1977. Interview A-0313. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The dumbarse got pregnant before marriage, just like her piece-of-shit snob show-off mother did. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness, Direction, Dillinger, and Demos] Reference
"Is he a public servant or is he just a show-off?" asks iliveinsfnow. gregdewar is disappointed. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bronstein: Newsom's YouTube-athon: A One-Man Show, Hold Your Applause] Reference
Peals of laughter follow as I proclaim, "I am not really as much futuristic as I am a show-off.". From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: When You Speak, Sometimes Audiences Teach You More Than You Know] Reference
In each wing there was at least one show-off who would have to take a fall and learn his lesson. From Wordnik.com. [Aerie]
He deserved their respect - and didn't he know how to make the most of it, the vain old show-off?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
AND ... there is like a small crowd there ... and so of course, being the show-off that he is. From Wordnik.com. [duh...] Reference
This guy Rivera is smart but he's a show-off and he likes to see the planes fly and the bombs fall. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Of Storms]
I found myself for the first time ever getting slightly annoyed at Mark for being his usual show-off. From Wordnik.com. [Tonya Plank: Dancing With the Stars Season 11 Premiere: Surprised At How Much I Liked Bristol Palin] Reference
Stripping and preening, the show-off removes all the markers of social identity and economic function. From Wordnik.com. [The big picture: Blackpool beach, 1948] Reference
This sounds like a show-off dish because of the rum and the flambée – but it's actually really easy. From Wordnik.com. [Student cookbook: Flaming rum bananas] Reference
Be the golden, pure, old-fashioned, sweet, simple, quiet, modest girl who knows things, rather than one who is a show-off girl. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
Of course, many people buy expensive cars (even if they can't afford it) just to show-off or project an image or wealth or importance. From Wordnik.com. [Cars as status symbols] Reference
When I met him he was still immensely shy, but he did all the arrogant and show-off things that make you dislike someone on first sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Bashful Provocateur] Reference
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