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  • adjective comparative form of proud: more proud

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Examples

  • And thither Wallace was conducted, in prouder triumph than ever followed the chariot-wheels of

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • Is there any name prouder than that of Frenchman; any subject more happy than that of our sovereign?

    The History of the Next French Revolution 2006

  • Is there any name prouder than that of Frenchman; any subject more happy than that of our sovereign?

    Burlesques 2006

  • "Since the proud days of Rome there has been no title prouder than the title of one who can say, 'Ego civis Brittanicus sum'"

    Our Most Secret Hopes 1943

  • Is there any name prouder than that of Frenchman; any subject more happy than that of our sovereign?

    Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • She's an F.F., the tallest kind, an 'prouder' n the Gran 'Turk,

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

  • She's an F.F., the tallest kind, an 'prouder' n the Gran 'Turk,

    The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

  • It does make me feel prouder of my own knitting, to remember that.

    A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011

  • Even though the Black Eyed Peas was another world from the mariachis, no one could have been prouder when the first shoots of success started to sprout before her death in 1996.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • A few years after getting married, Yumi makes a trip home to the village, fatter and prouder and sporting a gold tooth.

    Daughters and Sins Raymond Zhong 2011

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