bloviate

verb

Definition of bloviatenext
as in to declaim

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Recent Examples of bloviate Director Rian Johnson winkingly hung a 1961 Mark Rothko abstraction upside down, as a nod to Bron’s bloviating ignorance. — Jay Cheshes, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2023 And will Washington have the resources to hire someone who can actually compete with Oregon, not just bloviate about academic standards? — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021 Gentry is not the coach to hold hands, bloviate with stern lectures or meticulously guide a young team through the developmental process. — Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 12 Aug. 2020 Unfortunately, rather than acknowledge reality and help plan not only for what's coming but also for what's already here, some politicians prefer to bloviate while exploiting misfortune for partisan gain. — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2017 See All Example Sentences for bloviate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviate
  1. declaim
  2. harangue
  3. pontificate
  4. rant
  5. orate
  6. spout
  7. fulminate
  8. rave
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  • Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of declaim
Verb
  • No president has publicly harangued and harassed the Fed more to lower interest rates.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Definition of harangue
Verb
  • The conference — 20 men and women pontificating, arguing, strategizing, hashing out the truth — is the entire movie.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Eddie Vedder took time out to pontificate about the band’s good fortune.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of pontificate
Verb
  • Elon Musk is ranting on X in response to the upcoming documentary, Musk.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Videos of Cubans exploding in anger and ranting against the government have become frequent despite the severe penalties Cuban law imposes to those who criticize the authorities.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of rant
Verb
  • The Open Meeting Act prohibits directors from discussing (or orating) on matters not disclosed on the agenda, per Civil Code Section 4930(a).
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
  • The latter went on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and orated about his marathon oration sesh last week in Congress.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of orate
Verb
  • That underdog context feeds into the implicit soft power competition between the Toho Godzilla releases and the American franchise from Legendary, which has spouted a whole Monsterverse involving King Kong and an accompanying TV show.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Enceladus is Saturn's sixth largest moon with a diameter equal to roughly the width of Arizona, and it's thought to have a massive subsurface ocean that spouts plumes of water out into space.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of spout
Verb
  • Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of fulminate
Verb
  • The couple raves about the care their girls have received at both hospitals.
    — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Though some personal anecdotes rave about drinking coconut oil every day, the research isn’t there yet.
    — Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of rave

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