bluff

Example Sentences

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Administration officials fielded phone calls from executives and political allies trying to decipher whether Trump’s threat was a bluff or a prelude to an escalation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Or it could be some combination of bluff and wishful thinking.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

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

That night they camped in a ravine and built a fire against a small stone bluff and ate their last tin of food.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy