blustering
Example Sentences
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His blustering threats, alternating with claims of imminent peace and victory, are doubted by friends and foe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
On Thursday in northern Los Angeles County, wind gusts peaked at 56 mph at Lake Palmdale, with blustering winds recorded along the Central Coast and into the Antelope Valley, the weather service said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
Forecasters issued dire warnings about trying to drive through blustering winds and whiteout conditions, and Yosemite National Park was closed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
He had always thought of Fudge as a kindly figure, a little blustering, a little pompous, but essentially good-natured.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
