blusterer
Example Sentences
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Johnson, a serial blusterer who relishes the role of entertaining after-dinner speaker, won the heart of his party and the country with such lines.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
He is "stupid" or a "blusterer," rather than dangerous.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2021
Laurel was born in Ulverston - then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria - before emigrating to the US and finding fame in Hollywood as foil to Hardy's pompous blusterer.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2016
To give him credit, he is a magnificent blusterer.
From Forbes ● Dec. 16, 2014
Kirk was a soldier of fortune, and a loose 149 liver, and a great blusterer, who would sometimes threaten to decimate his own regiment, but is said to have forgotten the menace the next day.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
