blustering
Example Sentences
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Students treat institutional rituals as a farce and openly mock their principal - calling him Yamdoot after the Hindu god of death - a blustering figure who addresses them as "My dear donkey".
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Forecasters issued dire warnings about trying to drive through blustering winds and whiteout conditions, and Yosemite National Park was closed.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024
On Monday, a cold front will usher in rain and blustering winds through Wednesday, with temperatures dipping to the low 60s.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023
He arrives in Venice not as a blustering leader but more as man of the people, and vulnerable.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023
No way would Frank’s mother have gotten involved with that blustering war god.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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