How do you use bluff in a sentence?

Answer 1

You could say: the kid was bluffing when he said he did his homework.

Bluffing means to lie so you can use it in the place of lie in a sentence.

Answer 2

The word bluff is both a noun and a verb. Example uses:

As a noun: Sean's bluff was obvious, making the other players reap the benefits.

As a noun: The sun slowly set over the distant bluff.

As a verb: To me, it was pretty obvious I wasn't telling the other girls the truth, but they totally believed me, and had no idea I was bluffing.

As a verb: Poker is a game of who can bluff the other players most convincingly.

As a noun: I called his bluff by calling the police myself, who found his threats were empty.

Here are a few sentences with various meanings.

• His bluff at poker worked and he won the pot.
• She is bluff, but under that, she's very kind.
• The bluff looms over our campsite.
• I think that is a bluff; you'd never really shoot.

When Stan played poker, his ability to bluff the other players into thinking that he held a winning hand, even when he didn't, kept him on a winning streak that night.

I hope he's not going to bluff that hand of cards.

(In an argument) If you want to bluff, fine. I just won't believe what you say.

Answer 3

The man gave a bluster about behaving well to the children.