Examples of Swagger Used in a Sentence

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verb (used without object)

to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.

to boast or brag noisily.

verb (used with object)

to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.

noun

swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.

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Origin of swagger

First recorded in 1580–90; swag1 + -er6

synonym study for swagger

OTHER WORDS FROM swagger

swag·ger·er, noun outswagger, verb (used with object)

Words nearby swagger

Swadeshi, Swados, swag, swage, swage block, swagger, swagger coat, swaggering, swagger stick, swaggie, swagman

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How to use swagger in a sentence

  • Leather iPhone cases are sleek and fashion-forwardLeather iPhone cases are a great way to give your phone a sophisticated swagger with increased functionality.

  • Her husband, Adan, a professional thief, is a "giant" of a man, all swagger.

  • The ability to make outlandish claims about money, controlling the crowd and ones swagger is made even more incredible when done over dope production.

  • Unable to use facial expressions, he said he carefully considered his walk and swagger.

  • Shaver wrote with brutal honesty, a surgeon's precision and the swagger of the greatest saloon poets of the 20th century.

  • He has given that profession a swagger that, let's face it, few other professions have.

  • The third continued in kind with "selfie," "swagger," and "twerk."

  • And the show desperately needed the likes of Parker to throw Red off his game, to put a stop to his swagger.

  • The co-owner of Metropolis Collectables, Vincent has Wolverine mutton chops, a Tony Stark goatee, and Lex Luthor swagger.

  • The Hoboken swagger had been replaced by a Wall Street stride.

  • And Aristide passed by with a swagger, his head high and the end of his pointed beard sticking joyously up in the air.

  • Westmacott moved a step or two forward, a swagger unmistakable in his gait, his nether-lip thrust out in a sneer.

  • He was a swagger dresser and more marked than many because he was strikingly handsome.

  • We heard the bar drop from the end cabin; then Dale came into view, walking with a swagger toward the concealed savages.

  • Look at the swagger of the vagabond who commands his braves, would you not think he was about to hew down everything in sight?

British Dictionary definitions for swagger (1 of 2)


verb

(intr) to walk or behave in an arrogant manner

(intr often foll by about) to brag loudly

(tr) rare to force, influence, etc, by blustering

noun

arrogant gait, conduct, or manner

adjective

British informal, rare elegantly fashionable

Derived forms of swagger

swaggerer, noun swaggering, adjective swaggeringly, adverb

Word Origin for swagger

C16: probably from swag

British Dictionary definitions for swagger (2 of 2)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Examples of Swagger Used in a Sentence

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