On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Bluster. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as blow or boast and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Bluster meaning
- Pompous, officious talk.
- A gust of wind.
- Fitful noise and violence.
Synonyms of Bluster
Using Bluster
- The main meaning on this page is: Pompous, officious talk. | A gust of wind. | Fitful noise and violence.
- Useful related words include: blow, boast, swash, boasting.
- In the example corpus, bluster often appears in combinations such as: bluster and, and bluster, his bluster.
Context around Bluster
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bluster
- In this selection, "bluster" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usual, red, foolish, spin, reexamined and threats stand out and add context to how "bluster" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all his bluster and edge and all his bluster he s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bluster" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bluster
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’d likely have to rein in his usual bluster. (10 words)
Medvedev has become a comic figure - only full of foolish bluster and bombast. (13 words)
For all Charlton’s bluster, they mustered just one shot on target to trouble Nathan Baxter. (16 words)
In a world populated by massive sea beasts, the royal family offers a challenge to the crew of the Inevitable: if they can kill the elusive Red Bluster before the Royal Navy, then the crown will continue to allow private hunters to slay the beasts. (45 words)
Vice-Chairman Craig Tracey said: 'The fact that Sir Keir's candidate for Rochdale is spreading these bizarre and offensive anti-Israel conspiracy theories shows that for all his bluster, he's failed to change his party. (37 words)
Among all the bluster, spin and legalese still surrounding Hasler’s ugly exit from the club he took to premiership glory is a story of extreme disrespect to a highly regarded figure in the game. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
For all Charlton’s bluster, they mustered just one shot on target to trouble Nathan Baxter.
For all his bluster and edge, Damian's actually a pretty sweet kid and he's shown an affinity for smaller animals like bats and cats.
He’d likely have to rein in his usual bluster.
In a world populated by massive sea beasts, the royal family offers a challenge to the crew of the Inevitable: if they can kill the elusive Red Bluster before the Royal Navy, then the crown will continue to allow private hunters to slay the beasts.
Medvedev has become a comic figure - only full of foolish bluster and bombast.
The PM has made a big play on his pledge to 'stop the boats', but despite all his bluster, the Government has precious little to show for it.
All your current bluster is achieving is confirmation about the fragility of russia's military power.
Among all the bluster, spin and legalese still surrounding Hasler’s ugly exit from the club he took to premiership glory is a story of extreme disrespect to a highly regarded figure in the game.
Chinese authorities met the news with censorship and distractionrhetorical bluster that raised some eyebrows among Chinese social media users.
In which case, his calls for the return of the canal shouldn't be dismissed as just bluster.
Kennedy has sat for numerous interviews and dismissed the critics, not with the grievance and bluster of former President Donald Trump, but with a calm demeanor.
Many hope that Trump’s tariff threats will turn out to be mostly bluster or that global supply chains will prove too integrated and important to be fully unwound.
Rev. Franklin Graham said God spared Trump’s and, in the aftermath, the candidate known for his bluster reexamined his life and reevaluated his priorities.
The b-boys stride around one another with easy charisma, full of a bluster and bravado that they burst at will with a self-deprecating shift of their shoulders.
The disregard for human life is accompanied by sneering at the UN even as Netanyahu steps onto the rostrum with his usual mixture of bluster, threats and lies.
There is surely an Eat, Pray, Love constituency for this kind of talk, especially in contrast with Trump’s bluster.
This has led some of his opponents within the party to as the “Wizard of Oz,” someone full of bluster but empty of conviction.
Trump certainly is doing everything he can to fuel the narrative that he is the inevitable nominee; he desperately wants his bluster to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Vice-Chairman Craig Tracey said: 'The fact that Sir Keir's candidate for Rochdale is spreading these bizarre and offensive anti-Israel conspiracy theories shows that for all his bluster, he's failed to change his party.
After Rootenberg was found guilty, he trained his prodigious talent for bluster and subterfuge on a different kind of target: the courts.
Common combinations with bluster
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: