bluffing
Example Sentences
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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
But Scappaticci was bluffing and did not actually want to succeed, since if the government was ordered to tell the truth, he would have been confirmed as Stakeknife.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
Beneath all the bluffing lies a determination of credibility.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
“Rowdy,” I said, in a croaking voice, “don’t jump on that monkey. I don’t think he means to harm us. I think he’s bluffing, or at least I hope he is.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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