Examples of “swagger” in a Sentence

verb To walk or behave with a bold, confident, slightly showy manner.

• The new captain swaggered across the field with a big grin.
• She swaggers down the hallway whenever she wears her lucky jacket.
• He swaggered into the room like he owned the place.

verb To boast or brag loudly.

• My cousin swaggers about his cooking skills at every family dinner.
• Stop swaggering about your grades; the rest of us worked hard too.
• They swaggered about their win for weeks.

noun A confident, showy way of walking or carrying oneself.

• The new student walked in with a swagger that made everyone look up.
• You could tell by his swagger that he felt sure of himself.
• The champion boxer had a swagger that unsettled his opponents.