bluffing
Example Sentences
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Kids know if you’re bluffing, so do not make a threat that you’re not willing to carry though.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Some said war was all but inevitable, while one salesman who gave his name as Mehdi predicted the negotiations would succeed, saying: "The Americans are bluffing."
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Armed only with a lamp, he managed to scare off the men by bluffing that he had a gun, causing them to flee the scene empty-handed.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Beneath all the bluffing lies a determination of credibility.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
Alice did it automatically—and because I was bluffing, she got away with it.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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