Example Sentences

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Tatis was swaggering in as a flawed villain burdened with a .136 batting average.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2021

It was as fretful and self-doubting as Wolfe’s essay was swaggering.

From Slate • May 15, 2018

“I’m defending the prophet,” said Mohamed Ragab, 21, who was swaggering through the crowd after a bout with the tear gas clouds.

From Newsweek • Sep. 14, 2012

The music was swaggering, agitated and elegiac by turns, Mr. Bang’s playing brash, folksy and reminiscent at times of Vietnamese string sounds.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2011

A footman was swaggering in the porch; he stopped the boy, and asked him patronizingly what he wanted.

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert