bluster
Example Sentences
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My nose quickly dropped in temperature - turning blue on the thermal image - as I considered how to bluster my way through this unplanned presentation.
From BBC
"The whole threat of euthanasia is a bluster," Mr Demers, the former Marineland employee, said.
From BBC
In such an era, the fact that the American president decided to blather and bluster instead of attempting to offer workable proposals is nothing short of an embarrassment.
From Salon
Healey suggested there was bluster in Putin's words, insisting that Russia was under pressure.
From BBC
She described the action plan as "more bluster from a government that is only tinkering around the edges".
From BBC
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