How to Use bluff in a Sentence

bluff

1 of 2 verb

• I bluffed my way through the interview.
• Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing you.
• She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think she's bluffing.
• The right move, rather, is to call and bluff some of the time, and to do so unpredictably.
  — Chris Blattman, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2022
• But Charlie doesn’t bluff that much in subsequent episodes.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• The other person will respect you more for being honest than for trying to bluff your way through it.
  — Quora, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• In 2019, Facebook created an AI that could bluff and beat humans in poker.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Many workers at the time thought the former actor was bluffing, according to Morgan.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• Some neighbors may bluff their way out of a hallway greeting by nodding slightly and tightening their lips into a weird, fake smile.
  — Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
• Fold too often, and your opponent can bluff with impunity.
  — Maria Konnikova, Wired, 23 June 2020
• Many smart and experienced experts were convinced Putin was bluffing.
  — Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
• Based on activity in the TPJ when subjects were shown a low card, the researchers could successfully predict whether that subject would bluff or fold about six seconds later.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2012
• At the time, Western analysts suggested that Mr. Putin, his economy weak, was mostly bluffing.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• But about four years ago, a computer at Carnegie Mellon University beat some top players at poker, which required to in some sense understand bluffing.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2021
• Outside factors – your friend’s ability to bluff you in your poker game, or changing environmental conditions in the game of life – also come into play.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2012
• Last month, the committee tied the former president directly to the scheme and presented fresh details on how Trump sought to bully, cajole and bluff his way into invalidating his 2020 defeat.
  — Luke Broadwater, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
• The Seattle Seahawks might not be bluffing after all regarding their interest in Anthony Richardson.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
• I bluffed my way through the interview.
• Don't listen to his threats—he's just bluffing you.
• She says someone else has made her a higher offer, but I think she's bluffing.
• The right move, rather, is to call and bluff some of the time, and to do so unpredictably.
  — Chris Blattman, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2022
• But Charlie doesn’t bluff that much in subsequent episodes.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• The other person will respect you more for being honest than for trying to bluff your way through it.
  — Quora, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• In 2019, Facebook created an AI that could bluff and beat humans in poker.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Many workers at the time thought the former actor was bluffing, according to Morgan.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• Some neighbors may bluff their way out of a hallway greeting by nodding slightly and tightening their lips into a weird, fake smile.
  — Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
• Fold too often, and your opponent can bluff with impunity.
  — Maria Konnikova, Wired, 23 June 2020
• Many smart and experienced experts were convinced Putin was bluffing.
  — Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
• Based on activity in the TPJ when subjects were shown a low card, the researchers could successfully predict whether that subject would bluff or fold about six seconds later.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2012
• At the time, Western analysts suggested that Mr. Putin, his economy weak, was mostly bluffing.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023

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bluff

2 of 2 noun

• But the bluffs were some 75 yards away through open, sandy beach area.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
• At the end of that private road, Tim Ernst lived in a house perched on the crest of the bluff.
  — Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• In some places now the pavement is only a few feet from the edge of the bluff.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
• At the sculpture park, the bluff has been cleared and trimmed, but only to a point.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Jack Black is gonna call Musk’s bluff: Mark Hamill didn’t get pranked … yet?
  — Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
• The leg was found about two-thirds of the way down a 100-foot bluff, toward the shoreline and near a pump house.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
• Cracks were found this morning in the bluff for a distance of some 300 feet back from the large gap.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
• When the bird came over the bluff and into view, there was about 15 feet between him and Davis.
  — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
• The stately homes towered high above the bluff; quiet waves crashed along the shore.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Ishnala, with one of the best supper club views in the state, is perched on a bluff above the lake on the northern edge of the park.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022
• My first glimpse of what used to be the Aral Sea came at the top of a bluff, on the northern edge of Moynaq.
  — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
• Over the weekend, even his ex-wife, Justine Musk, seemed to call his bluff.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2022
• The drive was a long one, though the majesty of the landscape made time pass fast: little streambeds, large bluffs, groves of huge Joshua trees.
  — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• But the past few years have seen Khamenei’s bluffs called several times.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Of course, blocking search could be a bluff from Reddit.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
• Framed by 30-foot bluffs along the shore, it's littered with driftwood from live oak and cedar trees.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
• The bluff is severely eroded to the east of the house and is collapsing in some places.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• Carve out some time to stop at one of the beaches or sit atop a bluff and enjoy a cooling breeze from the ocean.
  — Jenna Scatena, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
• The new, larger building could cut partially into the slope at the base of the bluff.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• The trail leads into even higher bluffs, follows the spine of the ridge farther, and then drops back into the canyon.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
• The bluffs have made headlines over the years as students and others have fallen to their deaths to the beach below.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Rocky points, humps, and bluffs are all great areas to target winter bass with a Ned rig.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2023
• The modern three-bedroom home is located on a bluff in the heart of Malibu.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 17 July 2023
• Out on the bluff around the tower, Snowman showed me the damage caused by three centuries of pounding surf.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• The bluff has been eroded from beneath the Chappaquiddick home.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• Hafa is a virtually open-air terrace that tops a bluff above the sea.
  — Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
• But lately, Ukraine has been calling the Kremlin’s bluff.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• Above our bluff perch, two cedar waxwings flew across the slowly brightening sky.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• The museum sits on a steep bluff overlooking the sea to the west, a setting where a little light goes a long way.
  — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
• When Rebecca was 13, her 16-year-old brother, Jonathan, fell from a bluff near their home and drowned.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024