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

That’s quite the change from the blustering, kill-’em-all Viking who led the last installment of Ubisoft’s venerable franchise.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2023

“Echoes call you from your past,” went one gorgeously blustering song.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

The wings lifted and dipped in the blustering wind like a motorboat riding swells.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein