blustered

When they didn’t, he blustered over the course of half a dozen hearings, at one point threatening to bulldoze Brentwood’s pool or fill it with sand.

“Tweeting is not policy” was the explanation given when our itchy-fingered governor blustered a hollow threat against Walgreens in a fight over abortion access.

Over a grinding week in January, McCarthy bartered, bargained and blustered his way into the powerful speaker’s office with the history-making spectacle of 14 failed votes.

Rain blew and streaked down the window glass, and when Mrs. Diamant blustered back into the apartment, I hurried to meet her.

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