bluffing
Example Sentences
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Bluffing or not, Dulles had made his point, and he eventually got his way, bringing about a complete restructuring of the security architecture with a rearmed West Germany inside the Western alliance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Bluffing is a common tactic to elicit information from people arrested during an interrogation, police officials said.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2020
Bluffing about the evidence one has is a common lawyers maneuver.
From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2018
Bluffing works in statecraft, but only when your opponent can’t see your cards.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2017
Bluffing is another form of defence that many animals use.
From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal