swagger
verb (used without object)
to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
have swaggered
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present perfectof swagger.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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He had a way with him, as though if there had been butlers and valets at Black Rock he could have swaggered and ordered them around if he'd had a mind to.
From The Vagrant Duke by George Gibbs
And if he had met Hal Burnham on his way back from his visit to Ruth Oliver he would undoubtedly have swaggered a little.
From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by John Cournos
A militia captain would have swaggered more; a complete impostor would have given more details.
From None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson
The French soldiers are said to have swaggered in St. Giles’s, but no complaint is made that they were garrisoned in Edinburgh.
From John Knox and the Reformation by Andrew Lang
"Probably, yes," she recalled; "so how I must have swaggered!"
From The Outcry by Henry James
