blustering

Example Sentences

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Students treat institutional rituals as a farce and openly mock their principal - calling him Yamdoot after the Hindu god of death - a blustering figure who addresses them as "My dear donkey".

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Forecasters issued dire warnings about trying to drive through blustering winds and whiteout conditions, and Yosemite National Park was closed.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

On Monday, a cold front will usher in rain and blustering winds through Wednesday, with temperatures dipping to the low 60s.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

A multinational corporation intent on protecting franchises that bring it more than $80 billion a year has thus far made its adversary look like a blustering nincompoop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Tyrion had rather liked Robert Baratheon, great blustering oaf that he was . . . doubtless in part because his sister loathed him so.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin