Bragg

[ US /ˈbɹæɡ/ ]
NOUN
  1. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
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How To Use Bragg In A Sentence

  • He bragged that he had passed the exam easily.
  • Walpole from then on ridiculed GW, calling him a fanfaron braggart, and saying that he soon “learned to blush for his rodomontade.” George Washington’s First War
  • In 1974, Jimmy Connors, a strutting young braggart who used his racket like a cudgel, bludgeoned his way to the final of Wimbledon.
  • Why is it that Father would rather have a commander who is an arrogant braggart ---a fool who just appears to be leading his army? THE FAMILY
  • Smart lads, they hadn't flaunted the loot, bragged about the heist, or written a rap song memorializing the event.
  • He's a politician now, which means that bragging and whoring his story is the job description.
  • You are my friend and I love you man but winning 1 game out of the last 6 by only a last second bucket is nothing to bragg about. Missouri just spanked the Ks. basketball team last night. Would it be polite to rub it in to a fellow gun nut blogger.
  • For an unassuming pair of country-folk dreamers, their debut resonates with a wild collection of weirdos: county-fair folk-fest burn-outs, cowboy junkers, and record store braggarts.
  • Every year around this time, college admissions officers can be heard humblebragging about how painful it was to reject so many qualified applicants.
  • The requisite clowning, braggadocio and hip-hop historicism are in place and well articulated, and an unprecedented, post-9/11 political pique has surfaced.
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