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Letter "B" » blustering
«My own view would be to let Saddam bluster, let him rant and rave all he wants. As long as he behaves himself within his own borders, we should not be addressing any attack or resources against him.»
Author: Dick Armey
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addressing, bluster, blustering, borders, rant, ranting, rave, raving, Saddam
«On her pages sacred cows become blustering pachyderms.»
«Good words do more than hard speeches, as the sunbeams without any noise will make the traveler cast off his cloak, which all the blustering winds could not do, but only make him bind it closer to him»
Author: Robert Leighton
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bluster, blustering, cast off, sunbeams, The Traveler, traveler
«Iconic clothing has been secularized. A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat is red as the blood he hopes to shed. Seen on a coat-hanger, with no man inside it, the uniform loses all its blustering significance and, to the innocent eye seduced by decorative color and tactile braid, it is as abstract in symbolic information as a parasol to an Eskimo. It becomes simply magnificent.»
Author: Angela Carter
(Novelist, Writer)
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bluster, blustering, braid, coat hanger, decorative, dress uniform, Eskimo, Eskimos, guardsman, guardsmen, hanger, icon, iconic, icons, inside information, magnificent, ostensibly, parasol, secularized, tactile
«A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.»
Author: Jimmy Carter
(President)
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afford, bluster, blustering, boasting, extend, helping, helping hand, insecurity, rashness, restrained, signs, thoughtful
«Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court»
Author: William Wycherley
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bluster, blustering, cavil, confound, sputter, sputtering, sure enough
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