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UK
/blˈʌstəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈbɫəstɝɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɫəstɝɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
a cold blustery day
a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind
blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia
How To Use blustering In A Sentence
- Beyond, the Pacific, dim and vast, was raising on its sky-line tumbled cloud-masses that swept landward, giving warning of the first blustering breath of winter. Chapter 21
- Some comprimario and secondo roles were doubled up: Vladimir Hristov was both a George Clooney-suave Marchese d'Obigny and a bland Dr. Grenvil; Giorgio Dinev, previously seen enjoyably blustering as Tosca's Spoletta, doddered formulaically as Violetta's servant, but had mischevious sparkle as Gastone — having introduced his friend Alfredo to Violetta, he worked the room, pointing out his handiwork to the other guests, a proud yenta. Pretty Woman
- Some comprimario and secondo roles were doubled up: Vladimir Hristov was both a George Clooney-suave Marchese d'Obigny and a bland Dr. Grenvil; Giorgio Dinev, previously seen enjoyably blustering as Tosca's Spoletta, doddered formulaically as Violetta's servant, but had mischevious sparkle as Gastone — having introduced his friend Alfredo to Violetta, he worked the room, pointing out his handiwork to the other guests, a proud yenta. Archive 2008-03-01
- When the blustering wind and swirling snow make sledding and building snowmen feel like work, ditch your icy mittens and spend the afternoon by a warm stove, sipping hot chocolate and munching on cookies.
- USA should restore ties, and try to address the moderates in Iran without assuming the civilisationally-superior tone of hectoring or blustering. proudlyleft New Statesman
- Aweel, said the postilion, it might be saeI canna say against it, for I was not in the country at the time; but John Wilson was a blustering kind of chield, without the heart of a sprug. Chapter XI
- Fur stroked against his nose as several other dogs joined them behind the sled, the only thing that protected them from the blustering wind.
- It takes a huge amount of blustering and a large measure of deafness to defend the sales of British gold.
- Recall his blustering campaign rhetoric about defeating the Taliban; recall the public commitment last Obama Never Considered Diplomacy In Afghanistan
- The wind is blustering through the trees outside, and every so often assails the outside walls of my house as if testing their fortitude.
