blustering

Example Sentences

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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

“All right, Mongo’s home, Chicago!” bellowed the blustering Bear with long black hair tucked under his baseball cap.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

In “The Exhibitionist,” a family lives in the shadow of a blustering, egotistic, once important painter.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023

The Dwarf King ceased his blustering at the mention of Arawn, but when Taran had finished, King Eiddileg shook his head.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander