boast about prowess
Frequency: 5.54.1 per million words
to talk with excessive pride about one's skill
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- He often likes to boast about his athletic prowess to anyone who will listen.
- She would never boast about her academic prowess; modesty was her virtue.
- The old warrior used to boast about his military prowess in battles long past.
- Many engineers tend not to boast about their technical prowess, letting their designs speak for themselves.
- It's tiresome when people constantly boast about their intellectual prowess.
- The champion team could boast about their collective sporting prowess after an undefeated season.
- After the successful hunt, he couldn't help but boast about his hunting prowess.
- In a professional setting, it's generally best not to boast about your business prowess too much.
- Don't just boast about your gaming prowess; show us what you can do!
- True masters rarely boast about their artistic prowess; their work is enough.