bloviating

Definition of bloviatingnext
present participle of bloviate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviating
Verb
  • Eddie, a blustering man who’s often the loudest to laugh at the fat jokes hurled his way, is on the cusp of landing a new contract for his own variety show at CBS, a much larger network than his and Maggie’s current employer.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Those are just a few of the questions that audience members are ranting and raving their way through while exiting the Hayes Theater.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Was there ever a great Final Four that didn't have one guy in a suit (or pullover) lording over the media room, ranting in the locker room or pointing fingers on one of those sidelines?
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After haranguing the receptionist, he was eventually granted a 15-minute audience with Fujita, who advised his teenage devotee to focus on future technologies like computers.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In the 1960s, Canadians hungered for public intellectuals pontificating on the distinctiveness of their identity.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • To Thalassaki Visitors to Tinos can't stop raving about To Thalassaki, a restaurant in the seaside village of Ysternia.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Those are just a few of the questions that audience members are ranting and raving their way through while exiting the Hayes Theater.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Van Ackers delivered photos of the spouting fountain, which had ceased operating in 2012, to every member of the California Legislature.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • They should then be joined by the Young Republicans who reportedly have been spouting Nazi mottos and ideas.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Washington’s Copium But the White House is huffing its own brand of copium.
    Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Audio from the Tread is more than loud enough even when huffing, puffing, and sprinting through a challenging interval.
    Craig Rawlins-Wilson, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Bloviating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviating. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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