Example Sentences

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Gradually he seemed to himself, as he drank, to be recovering the common sense of his self-vaunted, vigorous nature.

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George

Having failed to discover in the school-room the futility of his country's self-vaunted learning, he proceeds to devote his life to its pursuit.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival