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
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
“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
“Echoes call you from your past,” went one gorgeously blustering song.
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023
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
