| 单词 | blusterer |
| 例句 | Judging from appearances, you might peg Mr. Youn as a comic bass, made to order for fuddy-duddies, blusterers, put-upon servants and elderly dupes. Music: Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z He describes her as “excitable, malicious, malignant, vengeful, unforgiving, selfish, stingy, avaricious, coarse, vulgar, profane, obscene, a furious blusterer on the outside and at heart a coward.” Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z Johnson, a serial blusterer who relishes the role of entertaining after-dinner speaker, won the heart of his party and the country with such lines. It’s Rishi Sunak vs. Liz Truss for U.K. leader; Boris Johnson says ‘Hasta la vista, baby!’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z With Ukraine’s population of more than 40 million — and setting aside big-talkers, braggarts and blusterers — that could mean millions of people fighting back against the 190,000 troops Putin sent to overthrow the Zelensky government. Op-Ed: Russia's got 'shock and awe' down, but can Putin outlast Ukraine's resistance? 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z He is "stupid" or a "blusterer," rather than dangerous. Are Trump's followers being conned? No — they gave him $100 million because they love him 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Of course he’s a blusterer and a BS merchant, but the threat was made nonetheless. Welcome to the era of constitutional beanball: How Republican dirty tricks got even dirtier 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Which means that the only path forward is for sensible souls to pressure McConnell and other Senate Republicans to stop enabling the blusterer in chief and put bills on Trump’s desk to reopen the government. Opinion | After Trump’s dud, it’s up to the Senate GOP 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z “You think you don’t have the confidence to interrupt this blusterer,” she says. Too scared to speak up? How to be more confident 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Laurel was born in Ulverston - then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria - before emigrating to the US and finding fame in Hollywood as foil to Hardy's pompous blusterer. Steve Coogan and John C Reilly to star in Laurel and Hardy film - BBC News 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Ryan: Another loud-mouthed blusterer who thought it was all about HIM--and who repeatedly failed to deliver... Rex Ryan Falls Again to Bill Belichick and Patriots 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z To give him credit, he is a magnificent blusterer. McCain Vs Cheney: Leadership Smackdown 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Labour tiptoed round the edge of the tax avoidance industry, chased off by City blusterers who called tougher tax collection a Labour stealth tax. Forget Bermuda, Britain's tax havens are much closer to home 2012-11-15T21:00:06Z Another class of spoilers of conversation are the loud talkers or blusterers. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z "I want an extraordinary dummy, too; a blusterer." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z But the mayor returned that they could not fight while he was in office, but when that was over he would see if he could not cross swords with such a blusterer. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Come down, my blusterers, swell no more, Your stormy rage give o'er. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z He was not liked in Chigirin, for he was a terrible blusterer, always involved in lawsuits, always persecuting some one; but for all that he had great influence, consequently people were polite to him. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Something of a blusterer among men, he feared the woman he called mother. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z He thought involuntarily of Ueberbein at many of her sallies, of the nimble-tongued blusterer Ueberbein, who was a natural misfortune, and had grown up in conditions which he described as favourable. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z To be sure, bankers are among the best of blusterers. 2010-01-10T22:30:00Z Don't leave a crack open, if you can help it, for these blusterers to enter. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies But the Bearnais does not pay these rogues and blusterers of his. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Against such scolds and blusterers, a good round impertinence is the best remedy. Timar's Two Worlds Kirk was a soldier of fortune, and a loose 149 liver, and a great blusterer, who would sometimes threaten to decimate his own regiment, but is said to have forgotten the menace the next day. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 My father called out to them: "A good lesson that for our braggarts and blusterers!" Pepita Ximenez Barbarian as well as civilized blusterers can, when discretion prompts, creep out of an exceedingly small hole. King Philip Makers of History The ridiculous gun-boat fleet was laughed at, and the government was placed in the position of a weak blusterer. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Yet against him, albeit he is a very violent blusterer, is a hero marshaled, fiery in his spirit, stout Polyphontes, a trusty guard by the favor of Diana our protectress, and of the other gods. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes He lives like a pig, too, excuse me, a clodhopper, a blusterer, a big-bellied blockhead, with a swollen red mug—makes me want to hit him in the eye, the blackguard. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories The most surprising matter in the whole business is, that Sir Hudson did not instantly send the blusterer to the black-hole. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 "Oh, stop this pothouse talk," put in Hilton, giving the blusterer a contemptuous glance. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley He who played Cachil Corralat hoisted his flag on the fort, incited his men to defend it, and even insulted the Christians by calling them “Spanish blusterers,” and “hens.” The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century In a moment he had slipped from one self to another, and was the blusterer once more. The House with the Green Shutters Like other blusterers, on the first show of fight he calmed down, and the matter ended for the time. In Nesting Time Augustus, being a great blusterer, was of course a low coward. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Besides, he was not unlike blusterers, and could denounce the erring with greater ease when they stood in awe of him. Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and her Irish Nurse But Smyth evaded their request, and the volunteers were sent home uttering imprecations against the man whom they considered a mere blusterer without courage, and a conceited deceiver without honour. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Wiegel was a domineering blusterer to his subordinates, but a cringing sycophant to those over him. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After The long-haired blusterer, adorned with a dialect that never was spoken, serves very well in fiction about the West, but that is not the real thing. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado Not handsome—probably ugly!—a soldier—full of oaths—a blusterer—strong in his cups! Under the Rose He was a blusterer; but he did n 't have real grit. The Spectre In The Cart 1908 They had—one or two of them, at least—some misgivings about this appointment; for the major was inclined to be a blusterer, and the courage of these men was eminently silent. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States The poor blusterer, entirely cut off from big companions, was in a laughable panic. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver A recruiting officer might have "conscripted" nearly a brigade of the swaggering blusterers. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner His strength in words the blusterer vainly spends, While steadiness in quiet gains its ends. Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse The men who had been the vainest braggarts, the loudest blusterers in favour of independence, were now the first to veer around or to slink away. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 He's a blusterer—a braggart—a criminal, through and through! Rimrock Jones Raymond the blusterer, wholly unnerved by the sudden appearance of his small wife, surrendered at once, and without conditions. The Belgians to the Front Denis, on seeing them present, took fresh courage, and looked with the heroism of a blusterer upon those who stood about him, especially whenever he found himself under the scrutinizing eye of his brother. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Note well that I am not a blusterer or a disturber, isn't that so, Monsieur Ramel? His Excellency the Minister Beautifully they are silent, and refer the blusterer to God, whose voice they believe that He will hear in His deed. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII On her part, there was first a definite surprise, then a glow of satisfaction that in this virile arm of the law there was nothing of the blusterer. The Bells of San Juan Page 309 “Ah, you are a blusterer,” jeered the boy; “if you dare to touch me I will skin you alive, you and your mud-eels!” Myths and Legends of China Milly's lips did not move, but she faced the rude blusterer with a frigid, angry, insolent gaze. Leonora As I have said, however, Jim was a great boaster and blusterer, glorying in the marvelous and dangerous. History of Kershaw's Brigade But day by day, This blusterer meets me, and the hope's defaced. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 495, June 25, 1831 It was commanded by General Duncan, a blusterer, but a jolly old fellow. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Thee, when young Spring first questioned Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, W a R Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) Bob Acres is a great blusterer, and talks big of his daring, but when put to the push "his courage always oozed out of his fingers' ends." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook IT is a dangerous thing to see anything in the sphere of a vain blusterer, before the vain blusterer sees it himself. Hard Times Sooner they may and nature change her course, Than can a blusterer to a modest man: He still will stand a beacon of dislike. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 495, June 25, 1831 "This blusterer holds me as in a vise." Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship The blusterer blusters; the profane man swears; the tearful woman weeps—and weeping, by the way, is no mean accomplishment if it be used at the right moment. From One Generation to Another He was as much in earnest as those who fought on account of elemental love, and far more so than any of the blusterers who talked big and looked small. Tropic Days Thee when young spring first question'd winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, ����Thee on this bank he threw ����To mark his victory. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas The artifice, indeed, is not new: the blusterer, who threatened in vain to destroy his opponent, has, sometimes, obtained his end, by making it believed, that he would hang himself. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons The Major, after the incident at Gallup, did not scorn Wampus so openly as before; but he still reserved a suspicion that the fellow was at heart a coward and a blusterer. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John Shakespeare's rogue, honest Jack Falstaff, was brusk and blunt, but he carried a rascal's heart, and there are many now living who are just as great blusterers, and are equally as cowardly and as base. From Wealth to Poverty The large stage blusterer and ostentatious drawcansir were never, in Lamb's estimation, models for heroes. Charles Lamb And he learned, also, that that weather was, like most blusterers, not nearly as savage when met squarely face to face. Galusha the Magnificent To cry her Amazon, a blusterer, A brazen comrade of the bold dragoons Whose uniform she dons! The Dynasts He could not stand against a bold blusterer like Leisler, so he ran away. This Country of Ours Success falls to the blusterers, to the imperturbable dogmatists, from whom anything is accepted if only they make a little noise. More Hunting Wasps "If he had dared to say that thing in my presence," said the paltry blusterer, with valor on his tongue and pallor on his lips, "blood would have flowed." Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) At the time of the Prussian invasion Saint Anthony, at the wine shop, promised to eat an army, for he was a braggart, like a true Norman, a bit of a, coward and a blusterer. Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant At the time of the Prussian invasion Saint Anthony, at the wine shop, promised to eat an army, for he was a braggart, like a true Norman, a bit of a coward and a blusterer. Original Short Stories — Volume 10 Much of it he felt was true; but how far had he been a dupe in his quixotic defense of a quarrelsome blusterer and cowardly bully? Sally Dows She on the blusterer's arm laid one white hand, But he would none of her soft blandishment, Yet did she plead with tears none might withstand, For even the fiercest hearts at last relent. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 He is haughty, arrogant, a braggart, and a blusterer; and we can't bear brag and bluster in our modest and decorous country. Roundabout Papers Through the natural effects of the system of election, all grades of rank have fallen upon demagogues and blusterers. The French Revolution - Volume 2 His name has passed into our language, to denote a ranter or blusterer, as be was represented to be. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems He was not a blusterer, like Oberlies, but a big, quiet man, with a serious, large-featured face, and a stern mouth that seldom opened. One of Ours We rode on, however, with still unflagging spirits, and made such good companionship with the tempest that, at our journey's end, we professed ourselves almost loath to bid the rude blusterer good-by. The Blithedale Romance Greater ones, verily, have there been, and higher-born ones, than those whom the people call Saviours, those rapturous blusterers! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none But it is not the danger of the noble man to turn a good man, but lest he should become a blusterer, a scoffer, or a destroyer. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Sultry heart and cold head; where these meet, there ariseth the blusterer, the "Saviour." Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none |
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