Sentence examples for boasted of taking from inspiring English sources

At a dining hall overlooking the Approuague River, they boasted of taking recruits from 140 countries and turning them into mercenaries in the service of France.

While she often boasted of taking on the "old boys network" in Alaska, she usually was careful not to attack Mr. Stevens directly because he was so revered here.

Isis has faced stiffer resistance than expected in taking the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani, where the US military commander has boasted of taking advantage of the "opportunity" the jihadist army presented.

Several of Mr. Cherry's relatives, including an ex-wife and a granddaughter, have said they told grand jurors that Mr. Cherry had boasted of taking part in the bombing.

Watching many of his competitors blow out their anterior cruciate ligaments the past few years, Moseley boasted of taking time off to live the life a self-promoting ski celebrity imagined.

Many were judged outstanding last time Ofsted inspectors visited, before the claims of an organised plot by hardline Islamists called Operation Trojan Horse that boasted of "taking over" schools in Birmingham and running them on "strict Islamic principles".

Burmese men here boast of taking Hui mistresses and wives.

Bolton boasts of "taking a big bottle of Wite-Out" to President Clinton's signature on the statute for the International Criminal Court ("a product of fuzzy-minded romanticism" that is "not just naïve but dangerous").

A conservative firebrand who boasts of "taking on the Washington cartel", the Texan rose to national prominence by almost single-handedly leading the nation into its first government shutdown in 17 years.

Ms Welsh notes that since Mr Najib is popular within UMNO, but is seen outside it as a hardliner, his rise may not solve the party's problem with voters.Mr Anwar claims he is close to prising enough parliamentarians from the government benches to give him a parliamentary majority he even boasts of taking power by September 16th, Malaysia Day.

Warned that the gilded cage of success could lead him to "forget that there's people in the world still enslaved," he boasts of taking the opposite route: rather than succumb to the temptations of money and fame, he raps, "I barbwired my wrist, and let it fill the page".