bluff

Example Sentences

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On Wednesday afternoon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “President Trump does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell.”

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

As Leavitt told us Wednesday, the president doesn’t bluff.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

I walk past Meredith’s building on the bluff a few times a week.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

He hoped to call voters’ bluff after several election cycles in which they had delivered good results to Ms. Le Pen’s party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

I stumble back down from the bluff, elbowing my way thru crowds all calling me coward, and I get to the riverbank and I plunge my head straight in.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness