How to Use bluster in a Sentence

bluster

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
• That meant putting his runners through the paces during Boston’s wintery bluster.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024