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
Lord Palmerston would have blustered more brazenly than ever.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
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
They have blustered and flustered—but what have they done or said that has not made them more thoroughly ridiculous?
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
Some of these fellows would have blustered and sworn and turned the whole place upside down.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by W. (William) Rainey
