boast
verb (used without object)
to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
boasts
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pluralof boast.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The building boasts 55,362 square feet of rentable space, roughly 6,766 per floor.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Luis Suarez, meanwhile, boasts the third-highest score ever and, as the Fantasy Football Scout points out, he notched a record 55 attacking returns in 2013-14 despite missing the first five games.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The show — about a traveling circus — boasts an ensemble with as many acrobats as actors, all of whom must warm up prior to performing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The production opening this fall is something of a novelty, in that it boasts a Broadway-viable cast but is being produced at La MaMa, the venerated off-off-Broadway theater in the East Village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
We reach the mess hall, and the cacophony within hits us like a wave—laughter and boasts and the raucous talk of three thousand young men on the verge of leave or graduation.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
