How to Use bluff in a Sentence

bluff

1 of 2 noun

• Now, one founder has called its bluff.
  — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
• Cross the city on foot from bay to bluffs.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• The cosmos is about to call your bluff!
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
• The more you bluff, the less you're listened to.
  — ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
• But the bluffs were some 75 yards away through open, sandy beach area.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
• Coast Walk sits on an eroding coastal bluff.
  — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
• There was a clearing on a bluff with a view of the water.
  — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
• 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
• The first squirrel came over a little bluff and poked around on the ground for pecans.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
• 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
• But there is no bluff, and Zosia grabs the grenade and throws it out the window.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
• Fog brushes the bluffs like a tide turned into vapor.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• To its credit, her fan base has been calling her bluff in response.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
• The best part might be the private path down the bluff to a secluded beach.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
• Winter storms stripped away sand and dirt from the bluffs in Kings Park.
  — John Dias, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
• Their success calls viewers’ bluff.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
• But the past few years have seen Khamenei’s bluffs called several times.
  — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Much like the proverbial rolling stone, a coastal bluff with sandy soil is a tricky spot to gather moss.
  — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 13 Nov. 2025
• The steep river bluffs, lit up with fall colors, are a sight to behold.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025
• Visitors can hike coastal bluffs, snorkel in quiet coves or kayak along sea caves.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2025
• Today, visitors can hike miles of trails and take a scenic drive through the bluffs.
  — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
• Above our bluff perch, two cedar waxwings flew across the slowly brightening sky.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• The stately homes towered high above the bluff; quiet waves crashed along the shore.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• And then for all his show zero, bluff stuff, and being able to adjust to the spot drops.
  — Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• Hafa is a virtually open-air terrace that tops a bluff above the sea.
  — Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
• His parents’ house, less than a block from the bluffs, was brought down to its foundation, too.
  — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
• Hike through eucalyptus groves and coastal bluffs.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• By night, enjoy the wavy shoreline and ochre limestone bluffs from your campsite.
  — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
• This five-bedroom coastal home leans into that drama from its bluff setting.
  — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
• 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

bluff

2 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.
• Don't try to bluff this deal, and get it asap!
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
• The right move, rather, is to call and bluff some of the time, and to do so unpredictably.
  — Chris Blattman, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2022
• Then the tiger looked up from the bull and made a bluffing, roaring rush toward the man, who fled back along the road.
  — Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
• Trump was bluffing and that there was not going to be military action.
  — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Jan. 2026
• The other person will respect you more for being honest than for trying to bluff your way through it.
  — Quora, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• And sometimes bluffing goes beyond saving face.
  — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
• Perhaps most of them are bluffing, but that doesn’t make threats and hateful comments any less unsettling.
  — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
• Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals.
  — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
• His team didn’t bluff their way to draws against Spain, Uruguay or Saudi Arabia.
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• 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
• Lying is a fundamental human act, and bluffing games of one sort or another are found in cultures around the globe.
  — Jason Anthony, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
• Many workers at the time thought the former actor was bluffing, according to Morgan.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• But some politicians and economists say the billionaires are largely bluffing.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2026
• But teams that skip over ambiguity or bluff their way through uncertainty end up chasing the wrong problems.
  — Stefan Falk, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
• Many smart and experienced experts were convinced Putin was bluffing.
  — Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
• This is a betrayal of the bottom 80% by bad actors that are bluffing about bums bilking benefits.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
• That could mean sneaking into hospitals, or bluffing their way into funerals.
  — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 29 Mar. 2026
• Any time the Patriots succeed with a new blitz or bluffed blitz in the first quarter, offenses expect to see it again later in the game.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
• If the prover is bluffing, the verifier will almost certainly find a flaw in the coloring after enough guesses.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 11 May 2026
• Oil prices closed 1% lower as traders seem to believe the president is bluffing and the tariff won't really go into effect.
  — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
• But Zelensky said Wednesday that the Russian leader was bluffing.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
• In 2019, Facebook created an AI that could bluff and beat humans in poker.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Cue a total lockdown of the hospital as everyone tries to figure out if the guy was bluffing, all while putting out the fires (and tending to the victims) left by the explosion.
  — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
• But now, prompting ChatGPT to bluff a reflection is no harder than prompting it to define terms.
  — ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
• 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
• After successfully bluffing his way into the house, Tom fumbles an attempt to hide his reasons for being there, leading Robbie to take him hostage.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
• The plan for the stadium could still collapse; the Bears’ billionaire owners could be bluffing to secure an Arlington Heights deal.
  — Gretchen Kalwinski, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026