bluff
Example Sentences
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The teen tried to bluff by showing an empty digital wallet, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Surely someone in this yoga studio would be skeptical and call me on my bluff.
From Salon
Mr. Putin “plays all these little games of bluffing and brinkmanship,” Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Thursday.
From Washington Times
One such reading cites the cold logic of game theory, with distrustful adversaries locked in escalating threats and bluffs that began in the conflicts of the 1990s.
From New York Times
His building wasn’t noticeably damaged from the landslide, its retaining wall in the bluff still intact, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
