vaunt
verb (used with object)
to speak vaingloriously of; boast of.
had vaunted
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past perfectof vaunt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And he had vaunted his engagement to her!
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
Thus Barclay had, singly against all, supported till the very last moment that plan of retreat, which in 1807 he had vaunted to one of our generals as the only expedient for saving Russia.
From History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Philippe-Paul, comte de Ségur
The physical force which they had vaunted was called into action, and proved to be utterly inefficient.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Frederick Marryat
But Rufus only laughed; and there seemed some danger of a break in that kindliness of feeling which their father had vaunted, till Mrs. Landholm spoke.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
Death, to do him justice, he had met with none of the cowardice he had vaunted, and consistently with his arid cynical soul.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
