Example Sentences
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Andy Serkis’s General Braddock is a blustering fool who refuses to take Washington’s sage advice seriously until it’s too late; as Mary, George’s mother, Mary-Louise Parker is a suffering saint.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
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
And I can’t help but feel that Whitman, for all his blustering beauty, might have been just a bit too optimistic.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
