Sentence examples for bluffs by from inspiring English sources

An estimated 10,000 of Grant's troops fled the fighting and hid under the bluffs by the river, while a number of rebel regiments were banished to the rear for timidity in battle.

Whether they are serious challenges to the authority of the transitional government or bluffs by leaders trying to broker more influence, the statements set a confrontational tone for the months of negotiations ahead over a more permanent arrangement for Afghanistan.

Just before the Iowa caucuses in January, the governor ended a campaign appearance in Council Bluffs by straying over to a band of college students who had been loudly playing popular music, lingering over the drummer and moving rhythmically to the beat.

No one is going to surrender so easily and that the FARC bluffs by appearing confident and strong through disproportionate requests only complicates matters.

4 6 4 BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew with Annette Lawrence Drew.

8 1 BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew with Annette Lawrence Drew.

5 12 BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew with Annette Lawrence Drew.

On reflection, it was a classic bluff by the BBC.

Calling their bluff by offering them workfare might actually lower the welfare bill.

Do not bluff by saying you won't accept a certain salary when you actually will.

He could call the Republicans' bluff by forcing them to fill in their own blanks.