bluff

Example Sentences

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One Baltimorean called the mayor’s bluff with a photo of a parking space secured by an entire living room set—couch, matching chair and coffee table—asking: “What you got to say now?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Armed only with a lamp, he managed to scare off the men by bluffing that he had a gun, causing them to flee the scene empty-handed.

From BBC

I follow him along a ridge and then to a grassy bluff.

From Literature

At their camp near the base of a bluff alongside the Green River, Buzz began to fill their backpacks for another day of hiking, trying to lighten their load as much as possible.

From Literature

And suddenly, I’m angry, ready to call the Germans’ bluff.

From Literature