bluster

Example Sentences

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Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He argued that while Duterte used "bluster and hyperbole" in his speeches, he also frequently ordered authorities only to shoot in self-defence.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The tough talk from the White House might be just bluster, but the U.S. stock market sank in Tuesday trading and was on track for its worst loss in two months.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

A chill had moved into the room, slowly replacing the bluster of revelers over the wee hours.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

For all his bluster in front of the Council, he had never so much as wrung the neck of a chicken for a nice dinner.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill