bluster
Example Sentences
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They are lulled into a smug confidence that his threats will always be toothless bluster.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
“Iran is suffering, too. I don’t think that this bluster, this sense of euphoria, is going to last once they turn around and look behind them and see the devastation of this war.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Even accounting for bluster, bluff, and negotiation tactics, it’s an extraordinary statement from any world leader, let alone a U.S. president, to make.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Culturally, this typically gets framed as alpha-male, gym-rat bluster about bootstrapping.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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