bluster
verb (used without object)
to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
blusteringly
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a word derived from
bluster.
Example Sentences
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Robert, whose infomercials are excerpted in the movie’s opening scenes, is the quintessential TV pitchman, at once blusteringly self-confident and transparently disingenuousness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2011
It is as blusteringly improbable as a W. C. Fields movie, and has some of the same appeal.
From Time Magazine Archive
He spoke in spurts, blusteringly, but indistinctly, owing to the fullness of his mouth.
From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson
"What in thunder are you gassing about?" cried Ainley blusteringly.
From A Mating in the Wilds by Ottwell Binns
Look-a-here," began the man, blusteringly, "you needn't come threatenin' in this blood-and-thunder style.
From Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe
