blustered; blustering
ˈblə-st(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
brags and blusters but rarely does what he says he'll do
2
a
: to blow in stormy noisy gusts
a cold, blustering wind
b
: to be windy and boisterous
… when autumn blusters and the orchard rocks.—
Robert Browning
Robert Browning1
: to utter with noisy self-assertiveness
"I don't want to hear it!" he blustered.
2
: to drive or force by blustering
… trying to bluster us into the belief that they are much better than they look.—F. A. Swinnerton
F. A. Swinnerton1
: a violent boisterous blowing
… the strong breeze driving them was setting up a bluster on the water.—Rose Thurburn
Rose Thurburn2
: violent commotion
They do their work without bluster or ostentation.—Stanley Walker
Stanley Walker3
: loudly boastful or threatening speech
growing tired of his macho bluster
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Examples of bluster in a Sentence
Verb
He brags and blusters, but he never really does what he says he'll do.
“I don't want to hear it!” he blustered.
The wind blustered through the valley.
Noun
We were all tired of his macho bluster.
all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics
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Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
His strategy was not to answer the questions, but to deflect the questions and spin his own agenda supported by his talent for blustering and bullying.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
Zachary Basu, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
At 79, Jon Peters no longer is the bad-boy seducer of women from Barbra Streisand to Pamela Anderson, the inspiration for the Warren Beatty film Shampoo, the wild-man character that Bradley Cooper portrayed with all the old bluster in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 film Licorice Pizza.
—Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Kenny, like the blustering patriarch of another aristocratic family with intelligent daughters, the Mitfords, was firmly of the opinion that formal education rendered young women unmarriageable.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
His strategy was not to answer the questions, but to deflect the questions and spin his own agenda supported by his talent for blustering and bullying.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
Noun
Sophia Cai Nov 4, 2024 - Politics & Policy
Internal email: Trump campaign prepares for either outcome
Behind the bluster, former President Trump's campaign is preparing staff members to wind down the operation while privately acknowledging that Trump could lose Tuesday's election.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
At 79, Jon Peters no longer is the bad-boy seducer of women from Barbra Streisand to Pamela Anderson, the inspiration for the Warren Beatty film Shampoo, the wild-man character that Bradley Cooper portrayed with all the old bluster in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2021 film Licorice Pizza.
—Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Bluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluster. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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