Example Sentences

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The following month the same newspaper was crowing:

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

By Thursday morning — after returning to Washington with no major agreements in hand — Trump was crowing about the trip as a great success.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2019

T-Mobile and Sprint aren't helped by the fact that each company was crowing just a few months ago that they looked forward to being 5G leaders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2018

Even as recently as June, defensive coordinator Phil Bennett was crowing to alums that Ukwuachu would take the field this year - after sitting out Baylor’s last season for undisclosed issues.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2015

This went on for a long time, so that even though I didn’t want to, I fell asleep, and next thing, a rooster was crowing and I woke up next to Delsa.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago