- present participle of bluff.
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
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
He knows from years of playing Texas Hold’em with G’ma that whistling is her bluffing tell.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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