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boast - use in sentences
Object
- wealth: The South East of England boasts a wealth of local produce, grown, raised and produced with skill and care.
- array: The Unlimited User package boasts an amazing array of features at a stunningly low Price!
- line-up: Rest of the album ain't bad either boasting a line-up including Harvey Mason, George Bohannon and Ernie Watts!
- bedroom: Leez Priory also boasts 15 lovely bedrooms all of which are available to you on the night of your wedding.
- cathedral: The city dates from roman times and boasts a magnificent cathedral and Norman castle in the uphill historic Bailgate area.
- garden..open: Hotel boasts private garden..open to hotel guests - a rarity in London!
Preposition: over
- specie: In all the Reserve boasts over 230 plant species.
Noun phrase with adjective complement
- such: Leith is the largest and most successful advertising agency operating in Scotland, boasting clients such as Standard Life, Grolsch and AG Barr.
Adjective modifier
- idle: But for Wigtown, records are not an idle boast; holding records is also about respecting quality.
Adjective complement
- more: Family run, they rarely boast more than three or four bedrooms.
- several: Cricket Jesus College CC is a thriving and successful club which boasts several University representatives among its members.
Modifying Another Word
- proudly: Rochdale's CV now proudly boasts of two ' successful ' plays all his own work.
- arguably: Another feature of the complex is it can boast arguably the best halfway house in the region.
- now: The entrance hall now boasts a cozy log fire.
- also: We can also boast to having a Guinness World Record for the shortest interval between two goals being scored.
- once: The militant tendency once boasted the largest number of adherents of any far left group in Britain.
- about: These shifts provide us, it would seem, with five types of boasting defined by the object Paul boasts about.
Noun used with modifier
- trickle: In the third, Atkinson again came out attacking with Elriani finding success driving to length then sticking a trickle boast or straight drop.
- cannot: Anyone who is not weeping cannot boast of being in love.
Used with why or when
- what: Mumbai boasts what is reputedly Asia's largest slum, Dharavi, where over half a million of the city's 12 million inhabitants live.
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