flaunt

in a sentence

She flaunts her wealth.

When the future finally arrived, they didn't flaunt their modest wealth, but they bought nice clothes, some jewelry for Billie, a Cadillac.  (source) Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild, 1996

Flaunted the moment with the berries in the Capitol's face?  (source) Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, 2008

Then too there was T.J., who, although not really my problem, was so obnoxiously flaunting Stacey's wool coat during these cold days that I had just about decided to deflate him at the same time I took care of Lillian Jean.  (source) Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, 1976

The Dowlings were there, not seizing the opportunity to use this occasion to flaunt their much-embattled, sexual role reversals; they had—and probably this was for the best—never had a child.  (source) John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, 1989

In consequence, the Bird flaunted his impunity and virtually ran the camp.  (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

All night, he kept yelling, "Flaunt it, baby!"  (source) Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 1999

Do you mean he flaunts his beautiful English?†  (source) Don DeLillo, White Noise, 1985

Then would he scatter all thy bravery, which now thou flauntest insolently, wandering ever about the city, while evil shepherds destroy the flock.'†  (source) Homer, The Odyssey, -850 B.C.

Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace individuals going about their business in the assurance of perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous flauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend.†  (source) Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1902

Instead of the soaring lines reaching for heaven, demanded by the very nature of a temple, as a symbol of man's quest for something higher than his little ego, this building is flauntingly horizontal, its belly in the mud, thus declaring its allegiance to the carnal, glorifying the gross pleasures of the flesh above those of the spirit.†  (source) Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, 1943

The trees rimming the outfield were flaunting their colors.  (source) Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee, 1990

If Great Britain is truly to be the greatest kingdom in the world, it is not enough to flaunt our military power and our dominance in industry. We must lead by example and be more charitable to and protective of our own.  (source) Frank Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars, 2006