bluster

Example Sentences

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Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He argued that while Duterte used "bluster and hyperbole" in his speeches, he also frequently ordered authorities only to shoot in self-defence.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

“The market is still of the mind that we are going to see this kind of bluster from the get-go — an opening salvo that’s pretty aggressive,” Melson said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

There are some people who are all about bluff and bluster, and I guess that’s fine and works well on Twitter, but there are others who are keeping their eyes on the prize.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025

In a fit of bluster, he proclaimed, “I make bold to say that every particular allegation in the indictment has been proved.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela