bluster
verb (used without object)
to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
have blustered
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present perfectof bluster.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Purists have blustered for years that Hollywood was taking over Comic-Con as a marketing platform.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
Had she accused him openly he would have blustered and asserted his right to act as it pleased him; since she chose to ignore the matter, he felt himself at a disadvantage.
From The Bigamist by F.E. Mills Young
When they have blustered a little they will see reason and find some means of saving their faces.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
They have blustered, they have fawned, they have asked each other out to talk it over behind the door.
From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Lord Palmerston would have blustered more brazenly than ever.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
