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 Hocking, Joseph

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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"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 Scheffel, Joseph Victor von