chest-thumping
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The harsh punishment of Mangione might be in keeping with his chest-thumping on crime, but it’s also bad politics.
From Slate
Trolls online have been chest-thumping about how the Eastside is where it’s at in the restaurant scene, as renowned restaurants are set to anchor multimillion dollar complexes in downtown Bellevue.
From Seattle Times
Even by his low standards of chest-thumping, this lie was weak sauce.
From Salon
An ironic result of its anti-TikTok push—which has helped to escalate popular and political scrutiny of all aspects of the app, from its Chinese parent company to its data-storage practices—is that U.S. lawmakers, whether local or federal, Democratic or Republican, are freshly motivated to impose social media regulations, after years of dallying or chest-thumping.
From Slate
After the requisite “Hello London,” he promptly counted out “one, two, three, four” for the chest-thumping drum intro to “No Surrender” that set fans roaring and band charging forward like a hard-rocking freight train.
From Seattle Times
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