bluffing

Example Sentences

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Those who remain alive might well be bluffing, projecting resolve even if they would privately prefer to sue for peace.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

As it turned out, the bluffing may have been unnecessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Some said war was all but inevitable, while one salesman who gave his name as Mehdi predicted the negotiations would succeed, saying: "The Americans are bluffing."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“It’s like a kind of global entry, but with a different possibility, considering that a lot of the time I’m not exactly bluffing it, but I’m trying my best to make this work.’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

“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 "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood