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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and boasted of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is expressing pride or bragging about something they have done or achieved.
Example: "He won the championship and boasted of his victory to everyone he met."
Alternatives: "and bragged about" or "and took pride in".
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His indulgent father gave him a large allowance and boasted of every small success he had.
The men strove to be individualistic warriors and boasted of their heroic exploits.
He insisted on an open partnership and boasted of his other sexual conquests.
Gates took part in the anti-Tymoshenko operation and boasted of success in the US media.
He served a sentence for embezzlement in 1871, and boasted of wholesale bribing of city officials in Chicago.
Ever since, McCain has publicly thrashed himself for his mistakes back then — and boasted of the lessons he learned.
He did his national service with the East African Rifles and boasted of single-handedly quelling a Mau-Mau uprising.
Dr. Lauersen once had a thriving Park Avenue practice and boasted of having celebrity patients like Liv Ullmann.
But she posted a picture of the Eiffel Tower and boasted of her plan to start community college this year.
Kim Il Sung declared victory nonetheless, and boasted of "inflicting an ignominious defeat on U.S. imperialism and its running dogs".
He also drank hard and boasted of womanizing but spoke of his wife in the most worshipful manner.
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