He came in swaggering, but, by George, he went out scratching!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany] Reference

(Laughter) All the little Italian generals came in swaggering around, and finally came Count Ciano looking very much like Prince Danilo of the "Merry Widow".    From Wordnik.com.  [The World From Westminster] Reference

He's swaggering, which is odd given how low is approval is.    From Wordnik.com.  [10/17/2007] Reference

In addition to my impressions of the theatre and of Prague, now came those of the so-called swaggering undergraduate.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Life — Volume 1] Reference

Then there's the "swaggering" Rick Hillier, or Trudeau in Paris, engaging in "huge amounts of pomp and not a lot else.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

It's this kind of swaggering lunacy that has made the agency as beloved as it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue] Reference

The act could have been a form of "swaggering" to demonstrate to South Korea and to the region its recent efforts at enhancing its naval capabilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Center for Strategic and International Studies] Reference

The problems created by Bush's "swaggering" were evident in Europe last week when President Obama convinced NATO allies to send roughly 5,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress] Reference

A successful guarantee displays the kind of swaggering “I’m good and I can prove it” bravura that people go crazy for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » Bush guarantees ‘Middle East Peace’ by end of term] Reference

But in Dili, militia leaders are still swaggering.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Kind Of Hell] Reference

If you hold any bonds in swaggering Deficit Hawkery, sell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johann Hari: The Demands of the Deficit Hawks Won't Cure - They'll Kill] Reference

He was "" a fierce, swaggering buccaneer, '' writes Chernow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Banking Revolution] Reference

The mythic deal has long figured in New Yorkers 'swaggering self-confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Have We Got A Bridge For You!] Reference

Scheck was seen swaggering a bit as he left court toward the end of the trial.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Didn't Do Anything'] Reference

Also burning rubber is the 300's swaggering sibling, the low-rider Dodge Magnum wagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Wheels: Chrysler's 'Poor Man's Bentley'] Reference

The other units seemed to resent the swaggering, informal style of the Stryker soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return] Reference

By the millennium, the city was safe, swaggering — and the envy of much of the nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Master of Disaster] Reference

If the Oscars seem rather trivial given the swaggering anchor's pretensions, get over it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truthiness Teller] Reference

Kasabian, a swaggering quartet from rough-and-tumble Leicester, are the obvious heirs to Oasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brits Invade ... Again] Reference

There, swaggering Iraqi detainees -- often hardened criminals -- reigned as prison yard "chiefs.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Culture Of Impunity?] Reference

WANG: M.I.A. rhymes with the swaggering bravado of a street rapper, who favors bandoliers over bling.    From Wordnik.com.  [M.I.A.: Back in Action with 'Kala'] Reference

The loss of faith in the American Dream goes beyond this swaggering administration and its war in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dream On, America] Reference

They spend a lot of time begging for it in the first instance and swaggering because of it in the second.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disembodied Money] Reference

The ur-text for this sort of swaggering, cooking-is-hell memoir is Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential.    From Wordnik.com.  [He Ate, She Ate] Reference

The cliched view of Russia is of a poverty-stricken giant swaggering around with a gold watch on its wrist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Too Much Money] Reference

And then, Robert, there's the theory that the whole swaggering concept of owning the podium is very un-Canadian.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Owns Podium At Vancouver Olympics] Reference

No less confrontational, the sound is now more confident, less frantic, adding to the album's swaggering brilliance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grinderman: Grinderman 2] Reference

CBS's "CSI," about a swaggering team of Vegas forensics experts, is battling "ER" for its spot on the top of the ratings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tv's Stiff Competition] Reference

He found Obama to be affected; he was irked by footage of Obama swaggering along, dangling his coat coolly over his shoulder.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Debates] Reference

From here, a driver feels omnipotent, like a swaggering despot looking down his nose on subjects scurrying like frightened ants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Outta My Way!] Reference

He'd been swaggering then, hitting the clubs in a full-length mink coat and a much longer limo, surrounded by worshipful friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Season Of Shame] Reference

He and Rumsfeld moved to end Ford's restraint and realism, and replace it with a more swaggering, messianic view of American might.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Understudy] Reference

Mr. Ryan, the effusive, swaggering and captivating coach of the Jets, has created an intriguing prologue to the start of the season.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Rex Talks, the Jets Listen] Reference