Use the word boast in a sentence

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1. The boast of arrogance soon turns to shame. 

2. Great boast, small roast.

3. Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck. 

4. I don’t want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.

5. This is an age when we boast of our emotional intelligence and we claim to feel each other’s pain.

6. The company is inclined to boast of its success.

7. His boast is that he’s the best.

8. We remember our mother’s stern instructions not to boast.

9. Nobody should boast of his learning.

10. They succeeded,but they didn’t boast it.

11. The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology.

12. It is the charity’s proud boast that it has never yet turned anyone away.

13. His boast that he could drink ten pints of beer impressed nobody.

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14. Jack did not feel the need to boast about his success.

15. It was his proud boast that he had never missed a day’s work because of illness.

16. Philip’s boast is that he started out without any outside financial backing.

17. It has never been the boast of a modest person that he alone could accomplish such a hard task.

18. It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day’s work because of illness.

19. It is the company’s proud boast that it can deal with all a customer’s needs in one phone call.

20. His proud boast of leading «the party of low taxation» has a hollow ring.

21. In its heyday, the studio’s boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.

22. Most houses on the street boast fresh paint.

23. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. Stephen Hawking 

24. A boast, perhaps, but who can quarrel with it?

25. No boast, no brag, no chest-thumping, no combat fatigues.

26. Nor was this an empty boast.

27. There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. Bertrand Russell 

28. ‘Making knowledge work’ is the university’s phrase, and it is no idle boast .

29. Her claim that she could beat us all was clearly no idle / empty boast .

30. She claimed that she could beat anyone, but it was an empty boast.

More similar words: coast, coastal, boat, board, on board, as to, last, vast, fast, nasty, beast, least, pasta, blast, at last, pastor, a stage, breast, at least, taste of, eastern, northeast, plastic, southeast, as though, contrast, disaster, in the past, in the least, cast aside. 

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Boast in a sentence

Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word boast in a sentence.


  1. The Musical Times commented, «The boast of the B.B.C.


  2. Thespis can, after all, boast the success which was predicted».


  3. The sea cliffs of Duirinish boast mountain avens and fir clubmoss.


  4. This the purchaser could boast, from a long and intimate acquaintance.».


  5. His proudest boast was that as a flight commander he never lost a pilot over enemy territory.


  6. Very few could boast of returning home with the honour of having been the captain of the Varangian Guard.


  7. If a man had a successful career in the military and could boast of victorious battles, he had a sure path to success in politics.


  8. Olympiodorus later attributed the same boast to Archimedes’ invention of the baroulkos, a kind of windlass, rather than the lever.


  9. Intertitles boast of McCay as «the originator and inventor of Animated Cartoons», and of the 25,000 drawings needed to complete the film.


  10. Nay, whatever comesOne hour was sunlit and the most high godsMay not make boast of any better thingThan to have watched that hour as it passed.


  11. The tiles on the fireplaces and entry floors boast patterns in literary and educational themes, such as The Canterbury Tales in the old library.


  12. As o’er thy plain the Pilgrim pricked his steed,Who could foresee thee, in a space so brief,A scene where mingling foes should boast and bleed.Peace to the perished!


  13. We have long been smarting under the conceit of America—we are tired of hearing her boast that she is the freest and the most enlightened country that the world has ever seen.


  14. In a review of Macy Gray’s 2001 album The Id, Arion Berger of The Washington Post said the track «Harry» had a «sexual boast as bold» as «Candy», which he described as «supremely nasty».

Synonyms for boast

Another way to better understand how a word can be used is to examine what synonyms it has, and how these synonyms can be used. For example, the word boast has the following synonyms: boasting, self-praise, jactitation, sport, feature, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt and gasconad.

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God said, he who boast, let him boast in this fact alone,


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Even though the place certainly wouldn’t boast of city services, it would probably be a better place to spend the dark than dry sand


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Because I think that I am a secondary beneficiary of the Gospel instead of the primary, I will never boast against the natural branches (or root) lest I be cut off (Romans 11:18-20)


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They were unaware that they were being followed as they began to boast to each other about their ‘victory’


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‘ Mandy followed her glance and was about to boast of her recent tour in the new bungalows, anxious to to share her experience with some friendly ear; when the woman remarked snidely, “I can’t see where they get off, putting on airs and assuming they can just buy a station in the community that’s so obviously above their rank or right place!”


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These bad trees boast a lot about what they have, but when you look close you find that they are empty


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He knew Grimgy wouldn’t dare make such a boast in Nathalia’s presence


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boast a residence that had a separate bedchamber — and


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’ Jean had no doubt that his boast was true


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These super low-level, noise frequencies that he could proudly boast about to others (if he were inclined to do so) are maintained at a hush-hush status for reasons of his humble nature and the importance of strategic secrecy

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The policy of Europe, therefore, has very little to boast of, either in the original establishment, or, so far as concerns their internal government, in the subsequent prosperity of the colonies of America


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Such companies, therefore, commonly draw to themselves much greater stocks, than any private copartnery can boast of


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Whether the trade which those companies carry on, is reducible to such strict rule and method as to render it fit for the management of a joint-stock company, or whether they have any reason to boast of their extraordinary profits, I do not pretend to know


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Adem was aware that arrogance was common amongst mortal Alit’aren, and it was not exactly uncommon amongst some immortals, though the Sons of Odin saw their ability to wield the Power as a part of their duty, not something they should boast about


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“However, I have heard Uther boast that the men of his family took great liberties with their staff; that it was almost expected of them


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Increasing municipal and state government budget deficits, occasioned by reckless spending by both political parties at a time most could actually boast a budget surplus, (no saving money for a rainy day) has government officials marking time exploring imaginative ways of speeding up the process so they might obtain the money faster


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By so doing, the brochure underlined, the charities are able to boast that an impressive one hundred percent of a contributor’s donations go to their actual work


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to boast of an interview with the manager of the local farm


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something about which the Huns can boast


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Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not

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but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me,


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The Big Sandfly of the South Island was not something to boast about


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Rosegard did boast of its new football field however, with extended bleachers and a new track


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11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him who puts on his harness boast himself as one who puts it off


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19 You say, note, you have hit the Edomites; and your heart lifts you up to boast, abide now at home; why should you meddle


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6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;


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4 How long shall they utter and speak hard thingse and all the workers of iniquity boast themselvese


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15 Shall the axe boast itself against him who cuts with it? or shall the saw magnify itself


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His record backed up his boast; he never lost


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blessed, and makes his boast that God is his father

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4 Boast not of your clothing and raiment, and exalt not yourself in the day of honour, for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his


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foundations, lest the enemy should boast and say: «We have overthrown the wall of Zion; And we have burnt the place of the mighty


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no anguish for the angels in the presence of the Mighty One, That Zion was so delivered up, and that note! The Gentiles boast in their


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destroyed Zion; and he will boast over the people; And he will speak great things in his heart in the presence of the Most High


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were overcome because they were delivered up, lest the enemy should boast and say: ‘So by force have we been able to lay waste even


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In verse 27 Paul shows that no one can boast that they are not guilty of sin, and sinfulness


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Those that have faith in the correct doctrine can indeed boast, “Jesus thought it worth His


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been, he might have been able to boast bout this among men, but not before God


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thoroughly answered by someone, That he did wrong to boast of this


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should boast in their rage, and exult in exuberant pride of speech, and say, 18 We have trampled on the holy house, as idolatrous

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mentioned them, it was never to boast in God for


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This does not mean we have reason to boast because


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Other countries boast a variety in the subject of the films they produce


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1 And those two men led me up on to the Northern side, and showed me there a very Awful place, and there were all manner of tortures in that place: cruel darkness and unilluminated gloom, and there is no light there, but murky fire constantly flaming aloft, and there is a fiery river coming out, and that whole place is everywhere fire, and everywhere there is frost and ice, thirst and shivering, while the bonds are very cruel, and the angels fearful and merciless, bearing angry weapons, merciless torture, and I said: 2 Woe, woe, how very Awful is this place; 3 And those men said to me: This place, O Enoch, is prepared for those who dishonour God, who on Earth practice sin against nature, which is child corruption after the buggering of mankind fashion, magic making, enchantments and devilish witchcrafts, and those who boast of their wicked deeds with stealing, lies, calumnies, envy, rancour, fornication, murder, and who, while accursed, steal the souls of men, who seeing the poor take away their goods and themselves grow rich, injuring them to get other men’s goods, who being able to satisfy the empty, made the hungering die; being able to clothe, stripped the naked; and who knew not their creator, and bowed to the soulless and lifeless gods, who cannot see nor hear, the vain gods, who also built engraved images and who bow down to unclean handiwork; for all these is prepared this place among them for eternal inheritance


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It is one of the most frequented vacation resorts in the United States and can boast of a Venetian style system of channels that serve as public thoroughfares for the yachts that dock at the mansions along its waterways


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It can boast, however, of a history quite varied


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Sitting at the base of three hills overlooking the Caribbean Sea, Charlotte Amalie can boast of a great number of sites of interest in the same proximity


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In addition, that village can boast of an exhibit of old vehicles, Vintage Auto Barn, where visitors can admire more than ninety classical cars


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It can indeed boast of many parks and gardens and even luxuriant vegetation, avenues decorated with rows of trees and a 19th century stone architecture surprising in its elegance and parsimony


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delightful hills that shelter its port and can boast of incredible pristine wild life and white beaches of crystalline waters

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That lovely metropolis can boast of an annual average of three hundred and forty-two sunny days and forty-seven inches of precipitation, the rainiest months being April, May and June


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Luo Yang can boast of a rich four thousand year-old history and a prosperous population of one million five hundred thousand inhabitants


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Roger thinks so too, for Manila can proudly boast of many more wanders than just a dazzling, almost cosmic landscape


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Founded during the Gold Rush of the 1880’s, this city of thirty thousand inhabitants can boast of a short history of


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If it were possible to eliminate the rage and human sacrifice, then the spectacle would boast a Mardi Gras flavour


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In silence and without boast


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Psa 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;


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Pro 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth


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Isa 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood


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2Co 10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you

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1 And those two men led me up on to the Northern side and showed me there a very Awful place and there were all manner of tortures in that place: cruel darkness and unilluminated gloom and there is no light there but murky fire constantly flaming aloft and there is a fiery river coming out and that whole place is everywhere fire and everywhere there is frost and ice thirst and shivering while the bonds are very cruel and the angels fearful and merciless bearing angry weapons merciless torture and I said: 2 Woe woe how very Awful is this place; 3 And those men said to me: This place O Enoch is prepared for those who dishonour God who on Earth practice sin against nature which is child corruption after the buggering of mankind fashion magic making enchantments and devilish witchcrafts and those who boast of their wicked deeds with stealing lies calumnies envy rancour fornication murder and who while accursed steal the souls of men who seeing the poor take away their goods and themselves grow rich injuring them to get other men’s goods who being able to satisfy the empty made the hungering die; being able to clothe stripped the naked; and who knew not their creator and bowed to the soulless and lifeless gods who cannot see nor hear the vain gods who also built engraved images and who bow down to unclean handiwork; for all these is prepared this place among them for eternal inheritance


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“Then allow me to boast for you


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any result you can boast about at the end of the day


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1 And after these things I heard that angel saying to those angels who held the lamps: ‘Destroy therefore and overthrow its wall to its foundations lest the enemy should boast and say: «We have overthrown the wall of Zion; And we have burnt the place of the mighty God


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2 Do you think that there is no anguish for the angels in the presence of the Mighty One That Zion was so delivered up and that note! The Gentiles boast in their hearts and assemble before their idols and say «She is trodden down who often trod down; and she has been reduced to servitude that reduced others»? 3 Do you think that in these things the Most High rejoices; Or that His name is glorified? 4 But how will it serve towards His righteous judgment? 5 Yet after these things shall the dispersed among the Gentiles be taken hold of by tribulation; And in shame shall they dwell in every place


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7 But the king of Babylon will arise who has now destroyed Zion; And he will boast over the people; And he will speak great things in his heart in the presence of the Most High


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3 And when they had done these things they delivered on that to the enemy the overthrown wall and the plundered house and the burnt temple and the people who were overcome because they were delivered up lest the enemy should boast and say: ‘So by force have we been able to lay waste even the house of the Most High in war


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educators, the Country can boast a 98% literacy rate


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13 And he put the question why when he entered all the temples none of the priests who were present forbad him? 14 He was thoroughly answered by someone That he did wrong to boast of this


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17 Punish us not by means of the uncleanness of their men nor chastise us by means of their profanity; lest the lawless ones should boast in their rage and exult in exuberant pride of speech and say 18 We have trampled on the holy house as idolatrous houses are trampled on

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Let him who is pure in the flesh boast not of it knowing that it is another that gives him the power of continence


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high at the Woman’s Club and boast about her son in the


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He would often take it away with him on trips to dwarf his companion’s mugs, he always liked to boast about how much more he drank than the others


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But these could never compare to the unbeatable inheritance that God has freely given us through the cross! Not of works, lest any man should boast! God shows no favoritism to any of His children for He loves us all equally, and He demonstrated that through the cross of Jesus


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especially loved to boast that, because the raw power


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especially loved to boast that, because the raw


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If you think about one of the most prestigious accomplishments any country can boast of,


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Forthwith I saw him stand up straight and heard him boast his strength return to either of the other men


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On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses


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For if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me

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” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me


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How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?


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It was nestled snugly in between a lawyer’s office and a dentist, sharing a mish-mash of architecture that only a city bombed during a great war could boast


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vampires gathered to drink and boast about the numbers they had turned during


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Healing Crystals – These minerals turned crystalline are said to boast certain healing powers


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“That supposedly enhanced computers to the next level of evolution, or so they boast


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Happenings and events that had seemed meaningless before now flashed into his mind, with their true significance, bringing a realization that Conan spoke no idle boast


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and with pride did of them boast,


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Conan thought of Tsotha’s last abominable threat, and groaned in sick fury, knowing it was no idle boast


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Of the nineteen hundred knights who had ridden south with Conan, scarcely five hundred lived to boast of their scars, and the slaughter among the archers and pikemen was ghastly

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I left the ruins and walked out of the forested remains of a large city back into a more primitive village that could boast of no more than sixty years


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Every state in America – and the majority of cities – boast more than a few dedicated landmarks specifically preserved for the sake of teaching children and adults alike lessons in the region’s history


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They boast of


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Yet she has still some great remains to boast,


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something to boast of


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Those saved had something to boast of over


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We can boast in rewards, but if salvation is by free grace we have


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nothing of which to boast


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Otherwise, we could boast about our salvation if it had anything to do


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The urban complex boasted of being within five hundred miles of four of Earth’s six busiest spaceports at the time


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She was also blessed with the good fortune to have moved into one of the two ground floor bedsits, which boasted high ceilings, large sash windows and more than enough room to swing a cat


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The farmer boasted proudly that he grew the sweetest Tesh fruit in the entire realm; he even supplied the Queen’s Hold with the tasty fruit


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” The Sportsman defended himself, “While on holiday in Scotland, I was offered a go with one rod of Livingson’s construction, by a British gentleman who boasted of its unparalleled performance


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“I can not only guarantee it, I can prove that our record for intact deliveries exceeds all others by two to one, at least of those of my competitors who are willing to even share their results,” boasted Mr


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They both boasted of the same black eyes and wavy black hair


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powerhouse that had won twelve state titles over the years, and boasted a 30-1


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boasted to anyone who’d listen (and even those that


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some relief to the tedium, and even boasted a lively


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The city also boasted a beautiful Cathedral

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He boasted to his friends that he’d stolen away my lover


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She’d boasted of her ugly master’s gifts


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Those laws and customs, so favourable to the yeomanry, have perhaps contributed more to the present grandeur of England, than all their boasted regulations of commerce taken together


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Zarko recognised the ‘seven wise owls’ who had boasted that they had obtained and interpreted the king’s dream


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It would be, at least, three times more advantageous than the boasted trade with our North American colonies, in which the returns were seldom made in less than three years, frequently not in less than four or five years


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It is unnecessary, I imagine, to observe how contrary such regulations are to the boasted liberty of the subject, of which we affect to be so very jealous ; but which, in this case, is so plainly sacrificed to the futile interests of our merchants and manufacturers


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It was a sturdy little house that boasted a front porch, a wood floor, and windows


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the case of a believer’s boasted incest


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ship and boasted a 22-gun battery of firepower


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“Oh yes, I know about Rufus’ problems quite intimately—we do go back years and years, he and I,” boasted the painter

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As said before the College boasted quite a big swimming pool and they were feeling very good about life because at the swimming pool there were many female cadets around


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Like something from ancient history, the five-story structure boasted stone walls, arrow slits, turrets, and even a crenellated rooftop


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Fort San Antonio boasted three bronze guns, and Santa Inez one


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The bulk of the houses, built in Moorish style, boasted a foetid cesspool under the centre courtyard, from which all rooms open


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“I had them by the nuts,” she boasted, “and don’t you know, they sold and at my price! That’s how I began my career in real estate


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You know, he and I are old comrades-in-arms; fought side-by-side in the Nicaraguan war,” he boasted, smiling with a narrow exposure of yellowed teeth


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A dining area took up one section of the room, complete with a circular table with four chairs around it and a sideboard against the wall, and a corner by the windows boasted a sitting area with small sofa—a settee, really—and an overstuffed chair that was perfect for curling up with one of the throws that were scattered about


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Caroline had often boasted that with the connections she had, the law in Costa Rica was nothing to be feared, so with heart in throat, Sylvia called begging her assistance


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“In the horse’s belly I can put anything you want, emeralds, cocaine, heroin, anything,” he boasted, smiling and adjusting his hat


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She had often boasted of the interest their money earned via certificates of deposit, yet the bank officer could find no record of any certificates in their names

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As Colling sat in the back of the vehicle with his M-1 clasped between his knees, he thought about the possibility that he might find himself in a firefight against one of the “Werewolf” organizations that the Nazis had boasted would wage guerrilla warfare against the occupation forces


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“Releasing the story with linkage to the Tweety-Bird Case as a continuing news item was my idea,” he boasted


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“Over two thousand channels on pay per view,” boasted the alien guard


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Colling asked questions of the young officer when the occasion arose, and feigned enthusiastic envy when Pankovski boasted that he had once been selected to serve in an honor guard for the Great Comrade Stalin, and had stood “no more than three meters from the Great Man himself


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Jalesow was obviously bored and impatient with the process, but Colling noticed when they reached a town where a gold and white sign with the word Poczta announced the place boasted a post office, Jalesow said he had to make a telephone call


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Another level now arose in rapid succession, higher than all the rest, with a gleaming finish that boasted of the many facets of the perfection inherent within its construction


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But it wasn’t the ten revolutions he had boasted of


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13 So with your mouth you have boasted against me, and have


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18 In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly


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All boasted large

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By the end of the year 2001, according to the Portland Oregonian, ELF had boasted additional property damage of some $26 million in five years, involving 33 major crimes


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42 And Ishmael boasted of himself to Isaac, saying, I was thirteen years old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us, and I did according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father, and I gave my soul to the Lord, and I did not transgress his word which he commanded my father


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» He boasted he was getting his own revenge and we quote:


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Was Josie merely seeking sexual satisfaction in homosexual activity? No, if one is to believe her previous statements about her married life, since from the beginning she had boasted to everyone about how sexually fulfilled she had been


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42 And Ishmael boasted of himself to Isaac saying I was thirteen years old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us and I did according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father and I gave my soul to the Lord and I did not transgress his word which he commanded my father


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Overall, I won some and lost some, but the Lawrenceville wrestling team in its 1955−1956 season boasted the best record of any team in the previous ten years


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I noticed the guys who boasted the most about their conquests always had the most complexes


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I boasted about the fat profit margins in television, and he vowed to be part of that emerging industry despite his admitted first love for small-town newspapers


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5 million, and WNCT TV boasted that its facilities covered eastern North Carolina “from the capital to the coast


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Roy loved it and boasted about the salesman’s ability

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” His new throne was even larger than the last, but this time boasted more cushions


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one boasted as if their daughters had married a famous doctor or


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I was happy that she was part of my family, and I boasted about her


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«Not me,» Sheila boasted, «I fell on top of fathead here


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It had been selected because it was well fortified, and boasted a Keep that sat high on top a rocky inlet overlooking the town and provided private access to the sea


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The pistol was as simple as they came, but the rifle was thoroughly upgraded and boasted much more firepower than what marines packed


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But, despite his youth, his black-and-silver uniform boasted the white bar of midshipman


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“I have my new fox skin,” boasted Lovern, touching the band on his arm, the skin of a red fox, his guide


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The showroom boasted a sleek design along with the


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Sitting at the dock, opposite to the multitude for major derision, this way began such a boasted judgment

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The deck boasted ten deck chairs, three tables, ten chairs and a tarpaulin for shade – it was where we would spend daylight hours while at sea


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Kenneth reckoned the ship boasted a sextant, a compass and little else; we never thought to ask about life-jackets or lifeboats!


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It boasted excellent coastal views, a charming church, square and market and a discreet arrow directing me to Atelier Picasso, which I followed until I encountered a dozen tourists in a queue that snaked into a workshop where an old, shirtless man stood behind a bench with a paint brush in his hand


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The shire’s largest town, Alloa, boasted the largest whisky storage facility in the kingdom, several bonny kirks preaching John Knox’s brand of Calvinistic misery, a woollen garment factory, and all the usual amenities including a fine indoor public swimming pool, gymnasium and exotic Turkish bath


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The northernmost tip of the British mainland [as far north as the Alaskan state capital of Juneau] boasted a boatshed, a broken dinghy on a sandy beach, a few rocks and a view across to the Orkney Islands


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After making a watercolour, I hitched to a gorge that boasted caves with stalactites that were not as grand as Waitomo


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“But I got a piece of him!” boasted Why


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Wall niches boasted detailed bronze sculptures of animals and humans in violent conflict, and ostentatious, gilt-framed paintings of lakes, forests and mountains decorated the walls


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The Osbairnes inhabited an elegant, but neglected old wooden house, the exterior of which boasted intricate fretwork around the verandah, a complicated roofline, carved finials and a desperate need for several coats of paint


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He even boasted about the unspeakable things he was into with children

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‘You shall judge,’ he boasted


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He remembered what Valannus had said—that Zogar boasted that he could summon wild beasts to do his bidding


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He boasted that they possessed vehicles that flew through the air and traveled above the ground on the old roads on a cushion of air


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Even the drop of dynastic blood Valerius boasted had more hold on the minds of men than the memory of Conan and the freedom and power he had given the kingdom


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From these red-haired conquerors the earlier Pharaohs boasted descent


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It was a demoralizing, humiliating predicament for one who had always boasted of success and independence


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What struck them the most as they approached was the fact that everything was painted white with blue trim and boasted large blue identification signs in both Federation Standard and Hebrew


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country,” he boasted, “without the necessity of travelling


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It was huge and like most others boasted a casino


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It was a first edition and besides hard bindings to enclose a lengthy treaty, also boasted metal corners

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He often boasted about his matches and how hard he worked at them


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Many of the hackers who staffed the AI Lab boasted similar, in-


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The sewers rose and boasted a stench that was suffocatingly foul, their contents floating out in feculant streams that lapped at the front steps of nearby houses and threatened to rise above and flood over the thresholds


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That night the man boasted of his audacity and swaggered over his good luck on the Street of the Turks a few minutes before the kick of a horse crushed his chest and a crowd of outsiders saw him die in the middle of the street, drowned in his own bloody vomiting


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One of my classmates boasted that he had received an “A


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Proctor’s protégé, boasted how white liberals influenced Dr


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“We’re living with the Triplets,” he boasted


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For years the Toronto Humane Society boasted of its 6


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boasted about his feats considering he broke over two hundred


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Islam now boasted to be the largest faith

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and his associates boasted about their conquest; didn’t they?


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Her passion of food was born from her love of experimenting with food and creating smorgasbords of culinary delights that enthusiastic food lovers in her circle (family and friends) boasted about and always came back for more, expecting yet another culinary marvel


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He also reminded us that the enemy had always boasted that even in times of peace they have a force of forty thousand who will defend Teotihuacan


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He then laughed loudly, looked Adam straight in the eyes and boasted,


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General Short, was of a similar frame of mind as Kimmel; he did not even remotely contemplate that disaster was about to strike and openly boasted that Pearl Harbour was “the best defended naval base in the world”


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which was well established and had been in existence for five decades and which boasted members who were children or grandchildren of the club’s founders


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The Allied armies had smashed into Germany from east and west and it was clear to most Germans that the Third Reich, which Hitler boasted would last for a millennium, was nothing more than an illusion


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While the PSP boasted superior graphics and power, following a trend established since the mid-1980s, Nintendo gambled on a lower-power design but featuring a novel control interface


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There was much boasting among the Dragons and their Riders


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Kennitch was a wealth of information about the city, about the movers and shakers of the region, and alluded to some of his own connections without boasting in the least


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He was always boasting that Zhlindu was the world’s fifth greatest city after Trenst, the Yakhan, Yondure and Lumpral


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‘I heard of a man who was boasting that he


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Gogo spoke with no false modesty, nor was she boasting of her prowess


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Adem insisted he had already learnt this trick before they arrived in Kismeria, but Adem was always boasting of his many talents


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Over many seasons Soffen had begged and pleaded with her father not to use the Dark Healing when he was preparing his palliatives, but he would never listen to her, boasting instead how his potions were the finest and most powerful in Brockenhurst Valley, indeed in the whole of Boddaert’s Realm


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It bears mentioning that although boasting an impressive regular season won-loss record, Osborne‘s bowl record against ranked opponents was 9 (wins) and 13 (loses) including 7 loses in a row prior to winning his first national championship


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Boasting of effects that are deadly


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Doc had been eliminated and Alan was boasting, challenging him

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Caroline escaped to the washroom, just as he began boasting about having his own private cop he could annoy to his heart’s content, ‘and there’s nothing the prick can do about it, either!’ Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was a story that she had heard too many times already and, more filled with bravado with each telling


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When Braun Drix took another turn in the cypher I told Dan, “Braun is always boasting of his elbow spins, so check this out


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with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?


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NO, he was NOT boasting


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collects their fallen ruins; 15 And reason appears to be master of the more violent passions, as love of empire and empty boasting, and


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So although we enjoy boasting about our ‘superiority’ and ‘progress’, we are essentially the same as previous generations


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If you pretend to delight with boasting of repose and instruction


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Here is a Catholic convention, he reasoned, to improve understanding between the Church and the Spanish people, and the name of Christ has not been mentioned even once during the whole weekend… That morning, a representative from Washington gave a most disturbing and provoking talk, blasting the Anglo clergy and boasting that his office had been responsible for this gathering of about one thousand people


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on the outskirts of the town, boasting a few thousand books only, most of which were unread, if discounting those she read herself during her all too many hours of waiting fruitlessly for customers


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Prince Gotimin of The Elves of Sming presented them with Winghoof Estate, a working horse ranch boasting some six hundred and forty of the finest riding horses, complete with a sprawling home of sixteen rooms, outbuildings, gardens, and a few farm animals, as well as an established staff of ranch hands

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14 It allows not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy but preserves it from the destroyers and collects their fallen ruins; 15 And reason appears to be master of the more violent passions as love of empire and empty boasting and slander


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I withdrew a conducting chip from a compartment and was proudly demonstrating how to install it to my students and boasting about the properties of her new implant when the crisis occurred


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1 And you were all humble boasting of nothing submitting yourselves rather than subjecting others more gladly giving than receiving content with the provision that God had given you; and attending diligently to his words you all received them into your very hearts and his sufferings were before your eyes


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2 Our Lord Jesus Christ who is the sceptre of the majesty of God came not in the arrogance of boasting and pride though he was able to do so; but in humility even as the Holy Spirit spake concerning him


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Quite a hefty reward in their eyes, and the adventure had supplied ample material for boasting tales once each returned home


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Two adjacent houses were cleared, with secure doors and a window apiece, the men’s boasting a puncheon floor


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My boasting was not ill-founded for I am still here


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The best floral arrangements of the region were exhibited there and my step grandmother had won unconquered the last three years; but judging by the events in full development and the voracious famine that was boasting in the vigorous movements of the jaw of the ruminant, this year the award would go to other hands


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Nearby, a handful of Canadians in loud plaid jackets and ill-fitting trousers were trying not to sound like their south pacific neighbours, while a small group of Nigerians in pillbox hats and colourful robes ogled mini skirted girls boasting bouffant hair, pancake makeup, frilly petticoats and spike heels


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By 1970, swarms of penniless youths, having heard tales of wondrous hospitality, were cadging their way around the southern Mediterranean and across the Middle East as far as India, deliberately bludging off the inhabitants whose hospitality soon curdled to hostility when they realised they were being used by the relatively wealthy youth of Europe who would return home boasting how they had stayed in someone’s house, been taken everywhere and treated like a prince – and it hadn’t cost them a penny! Just like the way world trade is skewed for the benefit of Europe and the U

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Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord


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Why should he put us on our guard with his boasting? One would think that he would strike without warning, after the fashion of the barbarians


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’ He knew his game was up and he was in deep trouble with the law this time but he couldn’t stop himself from boasting about the prowess of the weapon he had supplied, ‘In the right hands you could kill a man inside an armour plated car at half a mile and no-one would know where the shot came from


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” Henry tried to sound proud but not boasting


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Days of Ignorance) that my Nation will never drop: boasting


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on the Day of Resurrection, and I am not boasting


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about which they are boasting


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Well Mr Smelly starts boasting


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does make Toto look a real foney little boy with all his lies and blagging and foney boasting and stuff — but he does make me


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I have never yet seen anything other than empty boasting

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That was said without boasting, while she was intently listening to the German words


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All he did was boasting about it


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Most certainly were taught to take the scriptures literally, even boasting to our peers that we believe that the Word is to be taken at face value


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It seemed to Ben she was boasting


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» He said boasting


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boasting about studying the prison law books and his chance of getting an


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The outpost was a planet boasting a population of twenty two billion sentient life forms


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boasting about his kills, but rather stating a fact


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“One of the chaps on the International Clearing computer section has been heard in the gents boasting to a chum that he doesn’t really need to work, since he has plenty put by for a rainy day — or words to that effect


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“They are always arguing and boasting

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car, boasting about how it looked and handled on the road


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“There after did I know that at that time I was drunk and boasting of the


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Not that I am boasting for him but he was


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Destroy this bubbling energy by boasting faith in mental form


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Some of the vendors were boasting the cheapest rates on stolen bottles of Investment Banker, while most were selling maps of the planet


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On the subject of kingdoms, heavenly and otherwise, what mom really yearns, much less lusts for one? Now, a nice house she could turn into a home without too much trouble, boasting a great kitchen and enough bedrooms for her brood, would be something she’d go the distance for


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Really I have not achieved anything worth boasting about


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“And the artist from his northern lands presented him with an impenetrable suit of numetal, boasting,


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It almost smacked of boasting


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Only an overpowering show of force preserved the orderliness of the court from their boasting, bragging, and threats

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He didn’t want to be a boasting kind of guy, the kind who actively looks for trouble


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boast, boasting; #hacer —# be proud of, boast


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This statement is not my boasting, haughtiness or arrogance, but a rich Experience of research of the scenarios of development of many other Continuums and a logically reasoned statement of the fact, and any of you can make sure of its incontrovertibility right now, by thoroughly testing the vibrations automatically generated by any IISSIIDIOLOGY books or even by this Information recorded on any other digital carrier using any available methods (for example, Kirlian photography)


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Ashish would remember and later tell those words to his colleagues, boasting that they were his


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When I get home I have no inclination to start boasting on internet forums or in hunting magazines about how much I have had to go through for the sake of a successful hunt


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Remember they are the ones boasting that if facts are not proven then it is fables and


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boasting, knowing that nothing could be compared to this


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By being more expressive, more argumentative, trying to influence other folks by boasting about your personal potentials, resources, abilities and victories, you will never befriend other people rather the distance between you and other people will be enhanced


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Your boasting is not good


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I passed the paper over to Adi, feeling too proud boasting her abilities

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They were betting each other and boasting


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Know that the worldly life is only play, and distraction, and glitter, and boasting among you, and rivalry in wealth and children


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At present, there are many herbal products available in online stores boasting hypertension remedy feature


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He—man or people—who, boasting of long years of familiarity with the sea, neglects the strength and cunning of his right hand is a fool


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He could only obtain a promise of their calling at the Park within a day or two, and then left them in amazement at their indifference, to walk home and boast anew of their attractions to the Miss Steeles, as he had been already boasting of the Miss Steeles to them


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Thomas recalled all the pretty boys always boasting they never had to


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Broadcasting the message from the state year after year, if not at the top, is near the top of the list of states boasting the lowest obesity rate would be perfect; that this is how Colorado intends to maintain and improve its healthy image


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The state is boasting quite often of its healthy fitness condition; and Joe, you’ll see that it is written to be quite lenient


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They had answered his melancholy and mourning by sympathy and sorrow; his assertions, by gestures of confirmation; and his boasting, with the exultation of savages


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I’ll finish up this catalog, a little dry but quite accurate, with the series of bony fish I observed: eels belonging to the genus Apteronotus whose snow–white snout is very blunt, the body painted a handsome black and armed with a very long, slender, fleshy whip; long sardines from the genus Odontognathus, like three–decimeter pike, shining with a bright silver glow; Guaranian mackerel furnished with two anal fins; black–tinted rudderfish that you catch by using torches, fish measuring two meters and boasting white, firm, plump meat that, when fresh, tastes like eel, when dried, like smoked salmon; semired wrasse sporting scales only at the bases of their dorsal and anal fins; grunts on which gold and silver mingle their luster with that of ruby and topaz; yellow–tailed gilthead whose flesh is extremely dainty and whose phosphorescent properties give them away in the midst of the waters; porgies tinted orange, with slender tongues; croakers with gold caudal fins; black surgeonfish; four–eyed fish from Surinam, etc

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Weathers was showing his biceps muscle to the company and boasting so much that the other two had called on Farrington to uphold the national honour


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looks like boasting; but I have come into a handsome property


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To no baroness and her daughter during the evening, in the event of their accepting the box in class of persons is the presentation of a gratuitous opera-box more acceptable than to the wealthy millionaire, who still hugs economy while boasting of carrying a king’s ransom in his waistcoat pocket


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While the count smiled at hearing this song, which made him lose sight of Andrea in the recollection of Benedetto, Madame Danglars was boasting to Monte Cristo of her husband’s strength of mind, who that very morning had lost three or four hundred thousand francs by a failure at Milan


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Acorn and Pipkin, boasting that they were the best insect-catchers in the warren, brought in great numbers of beetles and grasshoppers


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«It is not out of mere pride or boasting that I give this information, for, if that were my object, I could tell a dozen actions of mine which are quite as splendid; but I do it in order that certain gentlemen in Paris may understand that I, who am able here to tell about the fate of Monsieur Caratal, can also tell in whose interest and at whose request the deed was done, unless the reprieve which I am awaiting comes to me very quickly


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Linda said, «Ramirez is boasting in town that he will carry you off from the


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The dirty Scallawags, the lousy trashy poor whites, boasting they would live at Tara!


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Brooke on this occasion abstained from boasting of his tactics to Ladislaw, who for his part was glad enough to persuade himself that he had no concern with any canvassing except the purely argumentative sort, and that he worked no meaner engine than knowledge


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He remembered Prince Daeron boasting that no one could lie insensible in the mud as well as he did

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“Your boasting is unseemly,” Ser Glendon told the Fiddler


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The dragon stopped short in his boasting


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They don’t appear constantly on financial television or run ads boasting of their No


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And some firms are hype-o-chondriacs, constantly spewing forth press releases boasting of temporary, trivial, or hypothetical “opportunities


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On an inscription in the Temple of Minerva (Roman god), Pompeii boasts about taking 12 million subjects at surrender in 1,500 towns


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London boasts at least seven Interweb billionaires amongst its fabled glitterati, but not one of them can begin to measure their fortune or their white-hot technological status against that of old Jimmy Cameron, the founder, chief executive and principle shareholder of NanoGoo International


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Some miles to the south of London, nestling in the gently rolling, green swathed hills of the Surrey Downs, there stands an old country manor house, which boasts the thickest of stone walls, a small but nonetheless impressive little tower and ornate white painted wooden gables


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old country manor house, which boasts the thickest of stone walls,


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For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD


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5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things


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A neatly hand painted sign outside a farm entrance proudly boasts that you can hire ball gowns and hats as well as buy the obligatory free range eggs


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but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me,


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he boasts no more his mighty deed;


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3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the Lord hates

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but when he has gone his way, then he boasts


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It boasts the highest number of restaurants in the top ten in the world, taking up two of these most coveted spots


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Whoever boasts of a false gift


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I took advantage of one of her visits to the shops to hire a guide and visit some of the many lovely and historic churches that the city boasts


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27 Better is he who labours, and abounds in all things, than he who boasts himself, and wants bread


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This new coalition, Lash boasts, will “set the moral tone for the whole country


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The city of Dunedin, with one hundred and twenty thousand people, rightly boasts of its Otago University of twenty thousand students


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Sydney proudly takes advantage of that wonderful landscape and justifiably boasts of its successful role as the host for the 2000 Olympic games


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The State of Alaska boasts, with justifiable pride, of having three thousand rivers of which, twenty-six are officially under the protection of the Department of Natural Resources of the United States


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Today the country boasts a 100%

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For that matter, there are more than a few elves who would love to own it, despite its larger dimensions! It boasts thirty-six rooms, with twelve bedrooms including the master suite, stabling for thirty horses, and garage space for six carriages


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For he boasts of you in all those Churches which alone then knew the Lord; but we of Smyrna had not yet known Him


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Revision3 now boasts more than 80 million monthly views


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Crazy ideas month, Craigslist boasts over 30 million new classified ads, making it the leader of both classified and jobs ads in are great, often the crazier the better


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Monte Carlo has no handy beach, but we visited the Royal Palace and waved to where we imagined Princess Grace was sipping tea, before wandering the steep streets and shoving a few franks fruitlessly into fruit machines in the magnificent entrance loggia of the fabled casino, which boasts what surely must be the most luxuriously appointed toilet on the planet


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Today it is the largest port for luxury yachts in the Mediterranean, and the peninsula that I knew as a quiet stretch of rocky land covered in pines and scrub, dotted with hidden private villas, is mostly built up and boasts the most expensive real estate and the most luxurious residences in France, being the preferred choice of the really wealthy – more prestigious even than Cannes


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Her past experience boasts twenty-eight robot kills, and hundreds of successful missile deflections and target decoys


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“He’s ninety and boasts he’s still taking women to bed


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Ozandjave Hunting Safaris in Namibia boasts of being located in


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What other state boasts a burger joint where you can get 3 cheeseburgers and an order of fries for a buck?”

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We believed, then, in the old woman’s boasts; and those who had traded with her were quick to dispense of their jewelry


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while the Eastern Cape boasts a kaleidoscope of locations, such as East


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So the boasts of men about their conquests would seem hollow since it’s the vulnerability of women that fetches them their favors


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“I’ve read in Benign Flame that the boasts of men about their conquests would sound hollow for it’s the vulnerability of women that fetches them their favors


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It was thus, the boasts of Gamal Abdel Nasser that he would push the Israelis into the Red Sea sounded like music to the Muslim ears the world over for Allah’s faithful then, Nasser seemed like the Pharaoh of Islam about to enslave the hateful Jews


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“ ‘I have wasted flocculate riches’: he boasts


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“‘I have wasted flocculate riches’: he boasts


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She would dispatch her good girl reputation and shut those acquaintances of hers up with their taunts and boasts of their film star life style privileges


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“I have wasted great wealth: he boasts


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And then the private party boasts to me – We aren’t starving!

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“I have wasted great wealth’: he boasts


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When this student receives his certificate showing his marks, I wonder: will he hide it? Of course not! On the contrary, he will display it for all to see for he feels proud of his achievement and boasts of it


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I knew some and had heard their boasts of chop-


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It boasts the highest trout density, the most consistent action, the best dry fly fishing, and the best scenery among its attributes


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I know one who is deeply in the local politics and boasts that any resort that patronizes him is immune


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In spite of this gradual punishment, poor is man, he is proud of himself and thinks that this wealth is because of his skill and cleverness, he may even boasts over pious Muslims and sincere believers, he doesn’t know that he is being gradually punished as Allah says:


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Why build plush cinemas and nightclubs when Broad St boasts ‘Ronnie Scotts and the ‘Millionaires Club’? The grand neighbour was gradually swallowing up Chesford


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should not marry his daughter to a man who considers no work as a virtue and boasts of his


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Its giant skull boasts a length of 17


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Beijing boasts the world’s largest Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant

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It was the time of the fine English worsteds and the boasts that this suit is twenty years old and is as good as new


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It boasts the highest trout density, the


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Michigan and boasts a plentiful supply of trout, steelhead, and


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It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus…Let him who boasts boast in the Lord”


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«The wicked boasts of his heart’s [soul — nehphesh] desire» Psalms 10:3


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«The wicked boasts of his heart’s (soul–nehphesh) desire» Psalm 10:3


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Appreciate the stories told you by others yet place no faith in a strangers boasts for as you yourself shall not divulge your true or entire story, nor shall they


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«The wicked boasts of his heart’s (nehphesh) desire» Psalm 10:3


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It boasts of its 29 key dimensions that predict in-depth compatibility and more successful relationships


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The county boasts of the most vast and cleanest natural freshwater lake in the entire state of California

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This card also boasts low annual fee


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This dugong—which also boasts the name halicore—closely resembled a manatee


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The effect of his indifference began to extend itself to the other spectators; and a youngster, who was just quitting the condition of a boy to enter the state of manhood, attempted to assist the termagant, by flourishing his tomahawk before their victim, and adding his empty boasts to the taunts of the women


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«Wretch!» exclaimed Haidee, her eyes flashing with rage; «he sold my father to the Turks, and the fortune he boasts of was the price of his treachery! Did not you know that, my dear lord?»


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Cuisine Sauvage, it boasts above the door


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“Who are you, to make such boasts?”


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Then the dwarves forgot their joy and their confident boasts of a moment before and cowered down in fright


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He went to Choate, a prestigious private, college-prep boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, that boasts President John F


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This is amazing growth considering the country boasts the world’s fourth largest economy based on GDP measured on a purchasing power parity basis


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The company also boasts the largest and most efficient nuclear fleet in the United States and third largest commercial fleet in the world

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The company boasts year-over-year revenue of 187 percent between 2007 and 2008; a number that is tough to argue with


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Mumbai, India’s hi-tech financial capital, boasts the largest slum in Asia, and if you take a taxi from the airport you’ll spend most of your journey going through it


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The island of Sark is the smallest of the UK’s four main Channel Islands and boasts its own prison, built in 1856


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Most track inversions in a roller coaster: The Smiler at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, UK, boasts 14 inversions along its 1,170-m (3,839-ft) track


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(When someone boasts, “I have $50,000 in my portfolio,” which they would say only if they were a jackass, they’re probably referring to money in their 401(k), Roth IRA, and perhaps even other investment accounts


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Notice that the sector itself boasts an average annual compound return of 13


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Why, then, should we need a quote on our 7 percent interest in Coke?” If he bought a quality company and it still boasts all of its quality attributes, Buffett considers it a success and keeps it in his portfolio


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If you bought a company because of its outstanding new products, high profit margins, and accelerating growth rate and the company still boasts those attributes, there’s no reason to sell


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Sure, you’ll want to look at how big the difference is and if the new company consistently boasts a higher margin, but you get the picture


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com boasts 8 GB of DDR3 (very fast RAM) for $48

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Today, China, known as the world’s factory, boasts more than 700 steel mills and nearly 7,000 companies involved in bending, shaping, or otherwise forming steel


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He boasts about the high degree of freedom, but at the same time they have compulsory religious teaching, a crude Catholic one


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But man boasts a purer and more ethereal temperature


Definition of Boast

brag

Examples of Boast in a sentence

I didn’t want to boast, but I did exceptionally well on my college entrance exam.

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It was difficult to listen to her boast about her new job when I had just been laid off.

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Because he was known to boast about his golf skills, they didn’t want to invite him to the tournament.

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When people boast about their accomplishments, it makes the conversation take an awkward turn.

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The athlete continued to boast that he had the best batting average in the MLB.

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  • I didn’t want to boast, but I did exceptionally well on my college entrance exam.
  • It was difficult to listen to her boast about her new job when I had just been laid off.
  • Because he was known to boast about his golf skills, they didn’t want to invite him to the tournament.

Simply so What are examples of boast? The definition of boast means to brag about oneself or have something. An example of boast is a sales person gloating about how many sales they made in a month.

How can I use make in a sentence? Make sentence example

  • Drowning your sorrows in eggnog will only make you feel worse in the long run. …
  • That does make sense. …
  • You make a difference. …
  • Did you make any real progress? …
  • They didn’t make it to the restaurant. …
  • It shouldn’t make any difference if he’s adopted. …
  • I always make it a rule to speak out.

also Is boast a good word? While all these words mean “to express pride in oneself or one’s accomplishments,” boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration, but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride.

How do you write a boast?

Write about your accomplishments, and make them sound like the grandest things anyone has ever done. Use words like “glory” and “victory” to highlight your achievements. Brag about the one or two goals you wrote for your future, telling the audience you are sure to make those goals with little effort.

Is boast a bad word? Boast is most often used in a somewhat negative way. It typically implies that a person is exaggerating or that they are too prideful.

How long is a boast?

minimum of 20 lines long. Boasts should be typed. Begin with a statement of who you are. Explain what you intend to do or what you have done.

How do you end a boast? Punctuate your poem. To end your boast, state your next great act. Type your boast: double-spaced, 1” margins, 12 point Times New Roman (or similar font), black text, and title.

How do you boast about yourself?

11 Ways to Brag About Yourself in an Interview

  1. #1 Share a Story. …
  2. #2 Show Gratitude for Your Past Success. …
  3. #3 Use Numbers to Show Off Your Skills. …
  4. #4 Talk About Your Achievements. …
  5. #5 Use Some Humor. …
  6. #6 Focus on How Your Experience Relates to the Job Description. …
  7. #7 Ask Others to Recommend You.

Why do people boast? People brag because they’re insecure. They want to be accepted, and they’re not confident. So, it’s like their mouth is telling their brain they really are good enough. Braggers work hard — weaving elaborate stories — to get the admiration they crave.

How do you boast about someone?

To speak proudly of someone or something, perhaps to an excessive or unwarranted degree. You’re my daughter, and you have such good grades—of course I’m going to boast about you!

What is the difference between boast and brag? Boast usually refers to a particular ability, possession, etc., that may be one of such kind as to justify a good deal of pride: He boasts of his ability as a singer. Brag, a more colloquial term, usually suggests a more ostentatious and exaggerated boasting but less well-founded: He brags loudly of his marksmanship.

What does Paul mean by boasting?

The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ declares that if you are to boast of Him, you are not to boast in relation to others’ beliefs, but rather you are to boast about His character, that He delights in kindness, justice, and righteousness.

Whats a formal boast?

: a statement in which you express too much pride in yourself or in something you have, have done, or are connected to in some way. : a reason to be proud : something impressive that someone or something has or has done. See the full definition for boast in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

What is an epic boast? Epic boast is a minimum of fifteen lines in length. 7. This assignment must be typed and include a graphic which depicts “who you are.” Epic Boast Directions. Using Beowulf’s famous epic boast lines 220-69 as a model, you must create your own epic boast.

Is it good to boast about yourself? A 2016 study shows bragging when you have the chops to back up your claims, also called justified bragging, is a positive, albeit slightly arrogant practice. People who stay quiet about their achievements, in an effort at humility, might be seen as moral, but less capable, researchers found.

Should you boast about yourself?

The best way to brag about yourself to others is probably not to brag at all. Let other people do the bragging for you. However, because our feelings of self-esteem and self-confidence rest on being able to take pride in our achievements, it’s not only okay, but healthy, to brag about yourself to yourself.

What does boast in the Bible mean? 1 : to praise oneself extravagantly in speech : speak of oneself with excessive pride boasting about her accomplishments. 2 archaic : glory, exult. transitive verb.

What do you call someone who boasts?

braggart Add to list Share. If you know someone who is a real show off and is always bragging about how great they are, then you might call this boaster a braggart.

What is an example of bragging? The definition of bragging is boasting or talking about how great things are for you. When you can’t stop telling everyone how much money you make or how big your house is, this is an example of bragging.

How do you deal with Braggers?

How To Deal With People Who Brag

  1. Change the subject. …
  2. Temper your reactions to their bragging. …
  3. Directly confront the person about their bragging. …
  4. Give them what they want so they drop it. …
  5. Accept the person for who they are and move on.

What is meaning of make good your boast? intransitive/transitive to proudly tell other people about what you or someone connected with you has done or can do, or about something you own, especially in order to make them admire you. boast of: He’s always boasting of his great sporting achievements.

What is considered boasting?

Boasting is commonly defined as talking in a self-admiring way or glorifying oneself. It is often thought of as excessive pride. We tend to think of people who boast as arrogant, self-preoccupied, or, perhaps, insecure, which may be why they need to boast in the first place.

What does the word boast? Definition of boast

1 : to speak of or assert with excessive pride He liked to boast that he was the richest man in town. 2a : to possess and often call attention to (something that is a source of pride) boasts a new stadium.

How do you respond to boasting?

How To Deal With People Who Brag

  1. Change the subject. …
  2. Temper your reactions to their bragging. …
  3. Directly confront the person about their bragging. …
  4. Give them what they want so they drop it. …
  5. Accept the person for who they are and move on.

What is the difference between bragging and boasting?

Basically, boasting is about something you have actually done and are proud of while bragging is about something you probably haven’t done or probably unable to do.

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