Boast can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| boast - show off | ||
| boast - wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" | ||
Noun |
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| boast - speaking of yourself in superlatives |
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| 1. | verb | As the leaders like to boast, the Mujahedeen is a family affair. | |
| 2. | verb | I have nothing to boast about. | |
| 3. | verb | London air was not much to boast of at best. | |
| 4. | verb | It's not a thing one can well boast of. | |
| 5. | verb | Don't boast too much about that. | |
| 6. | verb | He likes to boast about his father's successful automobile business. | |
| 7. | verb | He was apt to boast of his knowledge. | |
| 8. | verb | They boast of their bridge. | |
| 9. | verb | "Well, that is, it's not something I can boast of," in fact it's not something I can talk unashamedly about in public. | |
| 10. | verb | Not wanting to boast but I've never got better than a 3 on my report card for home economics. Out of 10 that is. | |
| 11. | verb | The United States boast some of the world's cleanest food. | |
| 12. | verb | Despite his achievements, he is very humble and doesn't boast about them. | |
| 13. | verb | The friends of truth are those who seek it, not those who boast about having found it. | |
| 14. | verb | Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. | |
| 15. | verb | Let those who are in favor with their stars of public honor and proud titles boast, whilst I whom fortune of such triumph bars, unlooked for joy in that I honor most. | |
| 16. | noun | The new school building is the boast of the village. | |
| 17. | noun | It is his constant boast that he has a good memory for names. | |
| 18. | noun | His boast that he is the best pitcher is true. | |
| 19. | noun | He is the boast of his parents. | |
| 20. | noun | If not a lie, close to a boast. | |
| 21. | noun | Great boast and small roast. | |
| 22. | noun | No boast the tyrant's scorn shall make - how friend to friend can faith forsake. But from the double death shall know, that truth and love yet live below! | |
| 23. | noun | Esperanto spread around the world without bloodshed. What other world language can make the same boast? | |
| 24. | noun | One prided himself on having slain a wolf, whilst another boasted that in piping he had formerly yielded but to Pan alone. This was the boast of Philetas. | |
| 25. | noun | In the most bombastic manner we call this the "richest nation on earth," and boast of our "untold millions of surplus products," while in fact we are always within a few months of starvation and nakedness. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| As the leaders like to boast, the Mujahedeen is a family affair. |
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| I have nothing to boast about. | |
| London air was not much to boast of at best. | |
| It's not a thing one can well boast of. | |
| Don't boast too much about that. | |
| He likes to boast about his father's successful automobile business. | |
| He was apt to boast of his knowledge. | |
| They boast of their bridge. | |
| "Well, that is, it's not something I can boast of," in fact it's not something I can talk unashamedly about in public. | |
| Not wanting to boast but I've never got better than a 3 on my report card for home economics. Out of 10 that is. | |
| The United States boast some of the world's cleanest food. | |
| Despite his achievements, he is very humble and doesn't boast about them. | |
| The friends of truth are those who seek it, not those who boast about having found it. | |
| Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. | |
| Let those who are in favor with their stars of public honor and proud titles boast, whilst I whom fortune of such triumph bars, unlooked for joy in that I honor most. | |
| noun | |
| The new school building is the boast of the village. | |
| It is his constant boast that he has a good memory for names. | |
| His boast that he is the best pitcher is true. | |
| He is the boast of his parents. | |
| If not a lie, close to a boast. | |
| Great boast and small roast. | |
| No boast the tyrant's scorn shall make - how friend to friend can faith forsake. But from the double death shall know, that truth and love yet live below! | |
| Esperanto spread around the world without bloodshed. What other world language can make the same boast? | |
| One prided himself on having slain a wolf, whilst another boasted that in piping he had formerly yielded but to Pan alone. This was the boast of Philetas. | |
| In the most bombastic manner we call this the "richest nation on earth," and boast of our "untold millions of surplus products," while in fact we are always within a few months of starvation and nakedness. | |