bluster

Even Erika freely admits the art world is a scam, although some of her bluster is self-protective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Suddenly, China’s stated mission to put people on the moon before 2030 seems less like bluster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

“Look here,” Lanning covered definite pessimism with bluster, “we’ve done what you asked. We witnessed the man eat. It’s ridiculous to presume him a robot.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Mr. Xi blusters about Taiwan because he can’t say what he really fears from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

In his effort to spotlight racism and racially motivated violence, the subject of “Loudmouth” rails, showboats, declaims and blusters.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022

Miller always blusters over the Broncos’ prospects, but this year his words hit different because of the depth and speed on this roster.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021

When he learns about the affair, he glories in having the moral high ground: “You’re Jesse James,” he blusters, “and I get to be Sandra Bullock!”

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016

He blusters and fingers his revolver, but carries no weight.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

From the moment he blustered his way onto the political stage, Donald Trump defied expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

Johnson blustered on until Sunday night, when it became clear he couldn’t count on the party’s right wing for support.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

Then in May, a rare line of thunderstorms known as a derecho blustered through Nashville, knocking out electricity while shredding trees and utility poles.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2020

It shows a violent blast of wind, and streaks of rain, beating a dun-colored landscape, as if a summer thunderstorm had missed its cue in June and blustered in six months later.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2020

He blustered and complained at first, but decided it was high time he cleaned and oiled his old rifle.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Andy Serkis’s General Braddock is a blustering fool who refuses to take Washington’s sage advice seriously until it’s too late; as Mary, George’s mother, Mary-Louise Parker is a suffering saint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

Eilish is frightened, but when Larry returns later he dismisses her fears, blustering that he won’t “hop, skip, and jump” to the commands of the “GNSB.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

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

Spring came with blustering winds and torn clouds of rain and for Wang Lung the half-idle days of winter were plunged into long days of desperate labor over his land.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck