flaunt
verb (used without object)
to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
had flaunted
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past perfectof flaunt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A former intern of mine had flaunted the plaything during a protest when the then-presidential candidate appeared at the Anaheim Convention Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
In a 29 November letter to GAO, DOE’s acting general counsel, John Lucas, essentially admits that the department had flaunted the law.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 13, 2017
Mr. Havelange had flaunted his power the previous December when he took revenge on Pelé, soccer’s most famous athlete and its most recognizable figure in the United States.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2016
But Gordon said that he had flaunted the accomplishment, turning Eris into “an anonymous character in anecdotes I’d tell people to brag”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2016
She had flaunted "her" John in Eliza's face, she had, as they say, rubbed it in that he was "her" John;—but was it such a neat, tidy victory, after all?
From Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister
