Sentence examples for as a bluff from inspiring English sources

Some bondholders see the bankruptcy threat as a bluff.

Watkins is trading on his reputation as a bluff northerner.

Some in the game dismissed him as a "bluff".

Russia regards Mr. Lukashenko's truculence as a bluff.

But even as a bluff, Iran's threats have a real impact.

Both local and national union leaders later rejected Mr Sarkozy's idea as a "bluff".

He knows he has a reputation as a bluffer.

Stripped of the ability to tell any manner of lie, low-level, social, white, he became a more harmful presence than he ever was as a bluffing smoothy.

He has threatened and provoked foes and allies alike across the globe, but political leaders have begun to see him primarily as a bluffer.

In Mexico, the country Trump has vilified since the start of his campaign nearly two years ago, a senator told The New York Times that political leaders there have started to see Trump primarily as a "bluffer".

Nigel Lindsay is outstanding as Morris: a bluff, loveable bear of man whose moral tolerance conceals an anguished heart.