How to Use bluster in a Sentence

bluster

1 of 2 verb

• The wind blustered through the valley.
• He brags and blusters, but he never really does what he says he'll do.
• But Johnson likes to bluster his way past the facts, and von der Leyen likes to muster them.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• During the kids' first week back in school, a late-summer wind blustered up.
  — Logan Ward, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2017
• And with that, Mai blustered through the mob with security on her tail.
  — Bianca Alysse, Billboard, 16 May 2018
• But as his host blustered, Mr Khan seemed to have little cause for concern.
  — The Economist, 25 July 2019
• Iran will bluster and threaten, but waging an all-out war with the U.S. would be suicidal, and Iran knows it.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020
• Almost Never As a rule, howling winds and blustering gales bring bad news for deer hunters.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2023
• But this long work gets bogged down with heavy-handed comedic episodes that last too long, mostly involving the crude, blustering Baron Ochs, a cousin of the Marschallin.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017
• The area is frequently hit with fierce storms; fog can roll in suddenly; and winds often bluster at more than 75 miles per hour.
  — Jeanine Barone, CNN, 22 July 2021
• The tone is set by Arquette herself, who blusters and grand- stands in a performance bound to polarize.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 May 2023
• But at the end of the day, what Trump blusters about doesn't matter, at least this time—what matters is the Senate's actions that could hurt millions of Americans.
  — Megan Friedman, Esquire, 27 June 2017
• But for all the fear and bluster around Satanism, the actual religion is not well-understood.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2021
• At times, the actor’s florid portrayal of the quirky, blustering general evokes, of all people, Frank Morgan’s Wizard of Oz.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Trump could bluster his way through such one-sided fights and declare victory when none existed.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Oct. 2023
• Justin Theroux played a brusque, blustering Mr. Wulf, much to his annoyance.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
• The President, with the cursed energy of a true narcissist, is trying to bully and bluster his way to another ruinous term.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2020
• Beijing will continue to bluster, threaten military action, and find other ways to show its pique.
  — Therese Shaheen, National Review, 2 Aug. 2022
• Abraham Lincoln even made an appearance, as did George Washington, each of them blustering about the foundations of this country.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
• Rather than endure a humiliating climb-down that would involve admission of cheating and the destruction of the new missiles, Putin is blustering new threats.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2019
• Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla avoided a fashion mishap despite some blustering wind.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
• The Herald continued to thrive, Bennett continued to bluster, crimes and calamities continued to happen.
  — James M. Lundberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020
• For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Trump’s supporters are choosing to stand behind him because of his blustering personality and style.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
• Other employers, notably the Hollywood moguls trying to bluster their way through a strike by actors and writers and the management of fierce anti-union companies such as Starbucks, are well advised to pay attention.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• As Dexter Filkins recently wrote, in , some officials fear that Trump will bluster about terrorism in public but privately delegate strategy to the military.
  — David Rohde, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• While candidate Trump blustered about scrapping the nuclear deal altogether, his administration has been compelled to shy away from such drastic unilateral action.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 July 2017
• The wind blustered through the valley.
• He brags and blusters, but he never really does what he says he'll do.
• But Johnson likes to bluster his way past the facts, and von der Leyen likes to muster them.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020

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bluster

2 of 2 noun

• We were all tired of his macho bluster.
• But for the Stones in ’65 this was mostly male bluster.
  — Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• This is more than the usual bluster, the pair of experts say.
  — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• Right now, though, there seems to be no shortage of bluster and threats.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
• In the age of transparency, people tend to see through the bluff and bluster.
  — William Arruda, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• As was the case with many Twitter denouncers on the right, the protests may be a lot of bluster.
  — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022
• Jones hasn’t been to a Super Bowl in 27 years, but this isn’t just his usual bluster.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• Nona Faustine New York, for all its bluster and glitz, is also a city of ghosts.
  — Christina Pérez, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2022
• The Claimant, by contrast with Bogle, is all empty bluster.
  — Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
• But behind the scenes, his bluster and hubris were not a financial boon.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• For all of his bluster, Knight saw himself in simple terms.
  — Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• But behind all the hype and bluster is the questions of how this value emerged from nothing.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2022
• Being young and full of bluster, Lawrence wasn’t rattled.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022
• Even Trump, for all his bluster, had the sense to get vaccinated.
  — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
• Merkel is a counterforce to ignorance and bluster, and the free world will miss her when she is gone.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• But, beyond the bluster, some of the activity here is not so overt.
  — ABC News, 20 Feb. 2022
• Goerke too can no longer rely on a too-easy Valkyrie bluster.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• That is bravado — the sort of bring-it-on bluster that electrifies a Trump rally.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• That was no cocky bluster, just a playful answer to a question that planted a smile on his face.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
• The old era of scandal and conflict and bluster has receded.
  — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
• Shawn was formal and decorous, in contrast to Ross’s bluster.
  — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2021
• The halftime score seems to suggest that Manual's talk was much more than just pre-game bluster.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2021
• With the hiring of Coach Prime, and all the bluster that comes with it, perhaps there will be substance, too, a wicked combination.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
• The Atlanta speech was not only the inchoate bluster of our president.
  — WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
• She’s found some self-aware, sensitive souls beneath the don’t-mess-with-me bluster of many of the rappers she’s interviewed.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• Kadyrov is known for his bluster and has repeatedly predicted the city’s fall in the past.
  — Adam Schreck, ajc, 19 Apr. 2022
• Not only is the team badly outclassed by Man City, but the match is a nice reminder that a lot of Ted’s confidence is pure bluster.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2021
• And there is skepticism about how much substance is behind some of Britain’s bluster.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
• But that was one of only a few moments that came close to qualifying as bluster.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• Manly remains the loud one with a wicked sense of humor and the bluster of a defensive line coach, while Stewart is still the quiet-yet-forceful voice of reason.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024

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