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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
brag .
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Examples
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Actor Josh Brolin bragged about his personal hedge fund on Charlie Rose; totally clueless of the carnage hedge funds have wrecked on the commodities market and on Wall Street.
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Caravajal made too many professions of what he would do -- in short, bragged too much -- but as there was no help for the situation,
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Horse's Ass blogger David Goldstein bragged that "Peter personally reached out to me" for fundraising help.
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A Methodist minister serving as an Air Force chaplain bragged about the support his wife gives him while he is recalled to active duty.
Gulf War II 2004
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Caravajal made too many professions of what he would do -- in short, bragged too much -- but as there was no help for the situation,
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Caravajal made too many professions of what he would do -- in short, bragged too much -- but as there was no help for the situation,
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Volume 2 Philip Henry Sheridan 1859
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Caravajal made too many professions of what he would do -- in short, bragged too much -- but as there was no help for the situation,
The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Volume II., Part 5 Philip Henry Sheridan 1859
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Caravajal made too many professions of what he would do -- in short, bragged too much -- but as there was no help for the situation,
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete Philip Henry Sheridan 1859
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While I kind of bragged about the books I got, I didn't mention the mousepad.
Bye Bye New Mousepad joshenglish 2008
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Miss Kitt, who is black, was said in the report not to associate with other black persons and to have "bragged" that she had "very little Negro blood."
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