blustering

Example Sentences

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Blustering Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has never been known for tact, and many were surprised when May made him Britain’s top diplomat.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2017

Blustering sergeant finds cigaret case initialed J. S. "A plant," sneers John Smith, master detective, who has appeared suddenly in their midst.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blustering, threatening and reasoning, probing for weak spots and grasping at straws, the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Rhodesia played out their desperate bluffing game last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blustering Benito Mussolini, whose armies had swaggered across the rotogravure sections for years, seemed afraid to lead his impoverished nation to war.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Blustering will not help your cause," he snarled.

From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner