How to Use bluster in a Sentence

bluster

1 of 2 verb

• The wind blustered through the valley.
• He brags and blusters, but he never really does what he says he'll do.
• During the kids' first week back in school, a late-summer wind blustered up.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
• But Johnson likes to bluster his way past the facts, and von der Leyen likes to muster them.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• And with that, Mai blustered through the mob with security on her tail.
  — Bianca Alysse, Billboard, 16 May 2018
• But as his host blustered, Mr Khan seemed to have little cause for concern.
  — The Economist, 25 July 2019
• None of them are in any sense blustering, bomb-throwing analogues to Trump.
  — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
• Those who feel their power ebbing, however, may bluster and bellow.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
• There’s even direct homage to the former, with a chase scene set inside a noisy blustering nightclub.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
• Trump could bluster his way through such one-sided fights and declare victory when none existed.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Oct. 2023
• Almost Never As a rule, howling winds and blustering gales bring bad news for deer hunters.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2023
• The area is frequently hit with fierce storms; fog can roll in suddenly; and winds often bluster at more than 75 miles per hour.
  — Jeanine Barone, CNN, 22 July 2021
• The tone is set by Arquette herself, who blusters and grand- stands in a performance bound to polarize.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 May 2023
• By the end, Arsenal had blustered and bludgeoned their way to 23 shots, but only three of them were on target.
  — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
• Beijing will continue to bluster, threaten military action, and find other ways to show its pique.
  — Therese Shaheen, National Review, 2 Aug. 2022
• But for all the fear and bluster around Satanism, the actual religion is not well-understood.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2021
• Her boozy, blustering sarcasm should be entered into evidence as a blunt instrument.
  — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
• Trump’s supporters are choosing to stand behind him because of his blustering personality and style.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
• The President, with the cursed energy of a true narcissist, is trying to bully and bluster his way to another ruinous term.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2020
• But this long work gets bogged down with heavy-handed comedic episodes that last too long, mostly involving the crude, blustering Baron Ochs, a cousin of the Marschallin.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017
• For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla avoided a fashion mishap despite some blustering wind.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2023
• Rather than endure a humiliating climb-down that would involve admission of cheating and the destruction of the new missiles, Putin is blustering new threats.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2019
• The Herald continued to thrive, Bennett continued to bluster, crimes and calamities continued to happen.
  — James M. Lundberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020
• Abraham Lincoln even made an appearance, as did George Washington, each of them blustering about the foundations of this country.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
• Denmark has become a leader in green energy—particularly from the winds that all too often bluster the flat land pinned between the North Sea and the Baltic.
  — Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
• At times, the actor’s florid portrayal of the quirky, blustering general evokes, of all people, Frank Morgan’s Wizard of Oz.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Denmark has become a leader in green energy—particularly from the winds that all too often bluster the country pinned between the North Sea and the Baltic.
  — Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
• The administration also has ordered a massive military buildup in the Caribbean and blustered about regime change given the nation’s awful socialist leader.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
• Trump has blustered, contradicted himself publicly, ramped-up rhetorically and then backed down, mostly without receiving obvious concessions.
  — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026

bluster

2 of 2 noun

• We were all tired of his macho bluster.
• Right now, though, there seems to be no shortage of bluster and threats.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
• Iran lies, cheats, blusters and bullies.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
• This is more than the usual bluster, the pair of experts say.
  — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• So far, Trump’s bluster has fallen on deaf ears.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Was her prediction a bit of bluster?
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
• Goerke too can no longer rely on a too-easy Valkyrie bluster.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• That claim was the sort of startup bluster best taken with shakers of salt.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
• In the age of transparency, people tend to see through the bluff and bluster.
  — William Arruda, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• But behind the scenes, his bluster and hubris were not a financial boon.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• Of course, his leadership style is not just bluster and rah-rah speeches.
  — The Athletic Peak Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• For all of this bluster, Congress took no action.
  — Time, 8 Oct. 2025
• In other words, fewer than one in three of his trade salvos ever make it past the bluster phase.
  — Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
• 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
• 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
• But, beyond the bluster, some of the activity here is not so overt.
  — ABC News, 20 Feb. 2022
• And despite his bluster, Ruben is equally drawn to Niall.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 26 May 2026
• 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
• Zappolo said there was a sweet teddy bear behind the game-day bluster.
  — Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• But, famous for their bluster, that early defeat did not humble them.
  — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Khamenei must know that threats, bluster, and repression cannot stop the uprising.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
• What would happen if Russia follows through with its bluster?
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 26 July 2022
• All bluster aside, this read as an attempt at de-escalation.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
• But that was one of only a few moments that came close to qualifying as bluster.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2022
• Shawn was formal and decorous, in contrast to Ross’s bluster.
  — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2021
• Jost’s Hegseth is all juvenile bluster.
  — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
• The officer’s bluster is even more pathetic in the face of what all these guys have had to endure.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
• The worst-case scenario would be, frankly, typical Trump bluster.
  — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
• But the fact is, Duffy has a point, and Musk, for all his online bluster, has the weaker hand.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025