vaunt
verb (used with object)
to speak vaingloriously of; boast of.
has vaunted
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present perfectof vaunt (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Israel has vaunted its rescues of Ethiopian Jews in the past.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
The demonstrations have piled pressure on Canada’s prime minister, who has vaunted his commitment to diversity and tackling the deep-rooted inequities facing Indigenous peoples.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2020
He has vaunted for years that he believed neither in God nor Devil.
From The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking
Nay, my lord Cardinal," she said with sudden impatience, "Your Eminence has vaunted the beauties of Spain long enough to-day.
From The Tangled Skein by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
"Ever since my fellow-pupil Notker with the large lip, has vaunted himself, that he were going to learn all Aristotle by heart, and then translate it into German, I have been uneasy in my mind."
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
