vaunt
verb (used with object)
to speak vaingloriously of; boast of.
have vaunted
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present perfectof vaunt.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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You have vaunted her beauty and never crowned it.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon
How complacently might I not then have vaunted in the beginning, have caracoled through the middle, and glorified myself at the conclusion of this my autobiography!
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
For long I shall be dear to my race because my lyre has uttered good sentiments, because, in a brutal age, I have vaunted liberty and preached love for the down-trodden.
From Initiation into Literature by Sir Home Gordon, Bart.
It is not just to depreciate the merit of one, who, had he been of our nation, we should have vaunted as a hero.
The technique of the brothers Van Eyck is a marvel, but I cannot discover in their Adoration of the Lamb the charm and mystery that some have vaunted.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
