vaunt

IPA: vˈɔnt

noun

  • A instance of vaunting; a boast.
  • (obsolete) The first part.

verb

  • (intransitive) To speak boastfully.
  • (transitive) To speak boastfully about.
  • (transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
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Examples of "vaunt" in Sentences

  • He was king of the blooddrinkers -- Kwa remembered Bele's vaunt.
  • Time is also running out on Greg's ability to vaunt himself on such formulas as:
  • In point of boring h istorical fact, the mention of Persepolis in his hero's vaunt is a serious anachronism.
  • That, and something more elementary into the bargain: not just a rhetorical vaunt but a phonetic vector as well.
  • He is even a member of a club called the Boosters, whose sole purpose is to celebrate and vaunt Zenith's virtues wherever possible.
  • The script may vaunt Eduardo and demonize Zuckerberg, but it also begs the question -- who would we rather be, given the way things turned out?
  • Well-heeled Chinese individuals aren't shy about flaunting their wealth, and it is one of the few markets in which manufacturers can openly vaunt the luxurious nature of their products.
  • During the life of the empire, the term was reserved for Constantine's city, originally a Greek colony called Byzantion, whose inhabitants liked to vaunt their identity as "Byzantines."

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