Her boastful tone annoyed me.

Was that a boastful tone I detected?

Borchgrevink's credibility was not helped by the boastful tone sounded in various articles which were published in Newnes's magazines, nor by the journalistic style of his rapidly-written expedition account, First on the Antarctic Continent, the English edition of which appeared in 1901.

Jessica heard the boastful tone of voice, but noted most that the young woman had spoken on cue - a set piece.

The hope of the opponents is that the tape, with its boastful tone and blatant portrayal of product placement as cleverly overcoming consumer skepticism about advertising, will generate enough outrage to spur action.

He did not say that in a boastful tone, but as quietly and politely as if he was discussing the weather.

How gladly I would listen if he would talk on about his youth and parents, but to hear all this in a boastful and quarrelsome tone is torment.

And they note an increasingly boastful tone to his writing, with his weekly commentary filled with descriptions of driving around the Hamptons in his new money-green Jaguar convertible.

"Easy," returned The Shadow, in a boastful tone that suited the part of Trig.

Now we have the biggest tree in the country," he said in an only slightly boastful tone.