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
The renewed bluster could derail the market’s recovery.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 19, 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
A golden opportunity for his scorched- earth bluster arrived when the AEC released its official mission statement for Livermore in June 1952.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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