Sentence examples for we were bluffing from inspiring English sources

We were bluffing; there were no accountants, save Franz and I, who had corrected the contractors' paperwork.

"If they thought we were bluffing, we're going ahead with the layoffs, and it wasn't a bluff," Mr. Cuomo said.

The answer one gets is: "But they don't know whether or not we are bluffing, and the truth is that we don't know whether or not we are bluffing". Is this a sensible military policy, to engage in bluffing the enemy and bluffing yourself at the same time?

Shortly before she died, the four of us watched Casino Royale, then, inspired by the film, sat in the pub playing poker and comparing our "tells" – the unconscious body movements or speech patterns that show we are bluffing.

It's also not surprising that other people are able to read our movements, whether it is in judging whether we will win a music competition, or whether we are bluffing at poker.

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What if they were bluffing?

"When I came back [to Canada] one activist, who was very active on Maher Arar's case, told me 'When I heard your story the first time I thought you were bluffing...we can't be that bad," says Almalki, who lives in Ottawa with his family and did not attend the hearing.

His social media persona captures the central fantasy of contemporary politics: that running this country is simple, so long as we are bluff, hearty and unusually brave.

"We think they are bluffing," a senior administration official said.

Cathy believes in love, Matty says it is an illusion, "a trick to make people procreate and look after their young", but we sense he is bluffing, as teenage boys do.