bloviate
verb (used without object)
to speak pompously.
bloviation
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a word derived from
bloviate.
Example Sentences
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The hearings have worked because they’re unusually well-organized — and, for Congress, refreshingly free of bloviation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2022
It’s hard to squint past the bloviation that swirls around cases like this.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2018
They give him a pass on much of his bloviation and bluster on the grounds that “he’s not a politician”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2018
Alaïa provided evidence that, even now, in the thick of pretense and bloviation, if what a man creates is compelling and well-crafted, original and valuable, people will come.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2017
They don’t occur often, his little bursts of bloviation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2011
