brag
verb (used without object)
to use boastful language; boast.
has been bragging
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present perfect progressiveof brag (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The group has been bragging about hacks and sharing incomprehensible in-jokes for days.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
The pharmaceutical industry has been bragging for nearly a decade now about its efforts to help cash-strapped patients pay for expensive prescription drugs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
In a joint statement sent by WhatsApp on Thursday, more than a dozen Tunisian rights groups said Saied’s remarks expressed “hostility to the values of humanity and tolerance the Tunisian state has been bragging about.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
Kelley, who is seeking the nomination in Michigan's GOP gubernatorial primary, is facing four charges, including disorderly conduct — and he has been bragging about his arrest on the campaign trial.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2022
He keeps telling me I ought to be writing these stories to go with his pictures, since Mrs. Lacey at school has been bragging on those things I wrote for English.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
