bluff
Example Sentences
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The teen tried to bluff by showing an empty digital wallet, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I learned a thing or two about bluffing, believe you me. Edward Ashton’s got a full house, perhaps—we’ll call it a house full of Ashtons! But you’ve got four of a kind.”
From Literature
The missiles in Cuba had always been a bluff.
From Literature
I hold the clothes in front of Cleo just to call his bluff.
From Literature
There are still tendrils of mist threaded through the evergreens that rise along the surrounding bluffs.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
