Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviated
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There are, unfortunately, far too many examples of women who marry high-profile figures only to be harangued for expressing anything other than gratitude and graciousness.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026 -
Philadelphia Phillies fan Drew Feltwell wants people to lay off the woman who harangued him and his son over a home run ball at a game last week.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Cable news anchors pontificated on the possible environmental toll were the Al Salmi’s cargo of two million barrels of crude discharged into the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
1 Apr. 2026
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From a purple-pod terminalia tree a crimson-breasted shrike pontificated at us.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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In Watsonville, a Pajaro Valley school board member publicly ranted against the Jewish community, and at a Berkeley Unified school board meeting, a mother reporting Jewish slurs was mocked, and subsequently her job information was posted online, the suit states.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
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For several minutes, Nathan ranted about the conditions in the jail.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Trump blustered and lied and displayed himself in the worst possible light, of course, but Reza Pahlavi, the Shah’s son who lives in the United States and who many Iranians had reluctantly come to regard as a possible leader, also played his hand extremely badly.—
Daniel Drake,
The New York Review of Books,
16 May 2026
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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
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Difluoroethane is a gas often used in cans of compressed air, which can be huffed to produce a high, while alprazolam is the generic form of brand-name Xanax.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Isaac Hayden huffed and puffed but received little support from Blackpool’s Karoy Anderson.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Privately, though, McVay had raved to people about Simpson for a couple of weeks and believed the team could develop him into a legitimate starting quarterback, especially given the cushion of time the Rams still expected to get from reigning MVP and current starter Matthew Stafford.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Then, in March, while chatting with Esquire, Rocky raved over his three children, sharing tidbits about his family life.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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There are two areas in my garden where fern asparagus has been growing for more than four decades, having first spouted from seeds that had been deposited, no doubt, by birds.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Bloviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviated. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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