Example Sentences

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He treated Langdon bluffly as an old pal�and took his girl away from him.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Milton the man he is bluffly antipathetic, regards him as the arch-heretic of an heretical age, a humorless megalomaniac.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t be a fool!” he continued bluffly, addressing himself to his guest.

From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

“Well, what do you think about it?” she demanded bluffly.

From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane

“Ah, Luke, my lad! how are you?” he said, bluffly, as he held out his hand.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville