vaunt
verb (used with object)
to speak vaingloriously of; boast of.
were vaunting
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past progressiveof vaunt.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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These were vaunting words, but he was in earnest.
From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Edward Sylvester Ellis
