Example Sentences

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If it had been a man harassing me I could have bluffed or blustered my way out of it—or at least left the place to avoid a confrontation—but this was different.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018

Had Figgins known he was going, he could have bluffed a bunt and drawn third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff towards the plate.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2010

He should have bluffed; and not been bluffed.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Had I had the requisite nerve I believe I could have bluffed this man.

From Caught by the Turks by Yeats-Brown, Francis

“You’re a smart kid, but we’d have bluffed you all right if the fool had allowed he used the same cement.”

From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold