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

Eilish is frightened, but when Larry returns later he dismisses her fears, blustering that he won’t “hop, skip, and jump” to the commands of the “GNSB.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

On Monday, a cold front will usher in rain and blustering winds through Wednesday, with temperatures dipping to the low 60s.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

In “The Exhibitionist,” a family lives in the shadow of a blustering, egotistic, once important painter.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Colonel Cathcart declared with blustering wrath, whirling to confront Yossarian for the first time.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller