Example Sentences

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Students treat institutional rituals as a farce and openly mock their principal - calling him Yamdoot after the Hindu god of death - a blustering figure who addresses them as "My dear donkey".

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

On Monday, a cold front will usher in rain and blustering winds through Wednesday, with temperatures dipping to the low 60s.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

A multinational corporation intent on protecting franchises that bring it more than $80 billion a year has thus far made its adversary look like a blustering nincompoop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

“Echoes call you from your past,” went one gorgeously blustering song.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

He had always thought of Fudge as a kindly figure, a little blustering, a little pompous, but essentially good-natured.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling