bluster

But after some bluster, the game continued without a problem.

And took all the angry bluster right out of me.

Jim's bluster died away as he began really to think.

That took away a good measure of the man's bluster.

The result has been lots of bluster from Washington, but little to back it up.

Yet for all his bluster, he had not deserted me.

Of course, Kirk was not above using a little bluster himself.

"Or perhaps you really do have a heart beneath all that bluster."

He felt that a little bluster would do no harm just now.

He really did look like a man full of bluster and completely without influence.

Threats and bluster, perhaps, but no more than that in the long run.

But if you ever feel your bluster wearing thin, tell me.

A few here and there, tucked in behind all the bluster.

There was not a hint of bluster in the man.

She'd been the one to try bluster, dropping his name.

On their own, however, these pieces seem a lot of bluster to little purpose.

You've just got to know him before you can see through his bluster."

I think it's difficult to tell exactly how smart he is under all that bluster.

He spoke without heat or bluster, but to get the matter straight between us.

Then, all at once, the bluster drained out of him.

But underneath the bluster he is still just a kid.

My bluster was designed to make him a little wary.

Some of the bluster seemed to leave the short, squat leader.

Her complaints had lost some of their previous bluster, which was good.

That was the beginning of the Cameron bluster about 12 months ago.

While he blustered she gave him a long, hard look.

He was blustering, saying the first thing that came into his head.

The old man tried to back her up by blustering a bit.

One blustering day I was given the opportunity to learn who they were.

He blustered for a moment, trying to find his tongue.

It is a good idea to follow the example of the great players - but not when they bluster.

He blustered a little but in the end conceded her point.

Mother and Father blustered a little more, but it was only a gesture.

Now, I blustered to myself, it is my own national army who's firing at me.

"We're trying to help our team," one of them blustered.

He should have blustered about getting his freedom from a marriage to a woman who refused him.

The door was unlocked, and he blustered into my cell.

They seem to think they can bluster their way through anything from Washington.

The ranger's laugh cut him short and he blustered with surprise.

Blustering and acting as if all justice were on their side."

For once Babbitt did not break out in blustering efforts to keep the party going.

Andy parked at the back door and came blustering through the kitchen.

We'd be right there with France, blustering about how government agencies create jobs while private companies take them away.

The plan had been sound, if only that blustering old fool could execute it.

The bully gets tainted too, even if they're only blustering.

They try to bluster their way through the discussion.

His voice had an aggressive resonance, but he rarely blustered.

They assume that swearing and blustering is part of the human life.

Carter blustered, as if he weren't quite sure of that statement.

Sure, you could run into blustering fools on a ship, too, but you'd have plenty of room to get away from them.