How to Use braggadocio in a Sentence

braggadocio

noun
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  • Bloom’s boasts were the fact-lite braggadocio of a dive bar day drinker.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Yet, some braggadocio was so off the mark as to risk ridicule.
    — Miriam Matthews, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Turns out Mr. Williams had just as much cause for his braggadocio as Mr. Ball.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 12 July 2017
  • The trio trade verses of braggadocio before the track slows down for a rapid-fire flow from J.I.D.
    — Natalia Barr, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • There's a lot of boasting and braggadocio and very little in the way of provable facts.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 May 2018
  • But his braggadocio is still easy to find on the internet.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Once in a while, Drake likes to get deep into his braggadocio pocket.
    — Bianca Gracie, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The text reads as braggadocio, the words of an artist dismissing a modern master as a bygone.
    — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Nas comes in on the first verse, swaggering into the track with usual rap braggadocio and showing love to his New York City roots.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 Nov. 2022
  • DeSantis likes to gloat about the tourism boom in South Florida, but his braggadocio should make the skin crawl in other states.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The first victim said that this guy, Cleotha Abston, was braggadocio behind bars.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In addition to the obvious braggadocio of the form, there is a sleight of hand involved in the composition.
    — Kriston Capps, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Most of that statement is the usual Trump bullying and braggadocio.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Now, instead of drum-heavy tunes of rhyming braggadocio, Lopez’s music is flavor and texture.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2023
  • That sense of braggadocio and one-upmanship pulses faintly through the film, but is weighed down by an odd need to seem serious, too.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
  • At the height of his wealth, Polonsky’s larger-than-life persona and braggadocio often drew comparisons to Trump in the media.
    — Alexander Sazonov, Bloomberg.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • With typical braggadocio, Mr. Trump claimed his tax cuts were the largest in history—which, as a share of gross domestic product, was nowhere close to the truth.
    — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The braggadocio that marked so much of the crypto world is fading as those easy-money policies have been reversed and the bull market in stocks has disappeared.
    — Corrie Driebusch, WSJ, 18 June 2022
  • The high-energy track is full of attitude and braggadocio.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Is the comment a bit of jealous braggadocio, or is Vic actually a cold-blooded killer?
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Still, those records carried a protective braggadocio that centered on who Syd was as a figure.
    — Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
  • For each grand display of braggadocio, the silent picking of a lock to execute an early morning warrant.
    — Samuel W. Buell, Slate Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Part of Tesla’s allure rests in its cutting-edge image, which Musk helped hone through years of braggadocio and business breakthroughs.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Trump, with his gift of braggadocio, might declare a great accomplishment when nothing of substance had in fact been agreed upon.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • As Cruise plays him, Seal was a blend of balls and braggadocio, fond of stunts and rarely registering the possibilities of danger or failure.
    — Eliza Berman, Time, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The public Uber displays little of this braggadocio, and competitors and critics are moving in.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2019
  • No humorously false braggadocio here, folks: that's just plain cool.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2012
  • The title track is the main attraction here — a rousing call-to-arms addressing inner-city decay, the song proved that rap could be a vehicle for more than just braggadocio.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Ringside interviews included a healthy dose of braggadocio more associated with mixed martial arts or pro wrestling than sumo.
    — Victor Mather Todd Heisler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
  • His braggadocios assist embodied everything that people loved about the Memphis rapper – brimming with boisterous boss talk and a peek into his raunchy romantic ways.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024

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