How to Use bluff in a Sentence

bluff

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  • But the bluffs were some 75 yards away through open, sandy beach area.
    — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of that private road, Tim Ernst lived in a house perched on the crest of the bluff.
    — Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • In some places now the pavement is only a few feet from the edge of the bluff.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • At the sculpture park, the bluff has been cleared and trimmed, but only to a point.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Jack Black is gonna call Musk’s bluff: Mark Hamill didn’t get pranked … yet?
    — Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The leg was found about two-thirds of the way down a 100-foot bluff, toward the shoreline and near a pump house.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Cracks were found this morning in the bluff for a distance of some 300 feet back from the large gap.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • When the bird came over the bluff and into view, there was about 15 feet between him and Davis.
    — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
  • The stately homes towered high above the bluff; quiet waves crashed along the shore.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Ishnala, with one of the best supper club views in the state, is perched on a bluff above the lake on the northern edge of the park.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • My first glimpse of what used to be the Aral Sea came at the top of a bluff, on the northern edge of Moynaq.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Over the weekend, even his ex-wife, Justine Musk, seemed to call his bluff.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The drive was a long one, though the majesty of the landscape made time pass fast: little streambeds, large bluffs, groves of huge Joshua trees.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But the past few years have seen Khamenei’s bluffs called several times.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, blocking search could be a bluff from Reddit.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Framed by 30-foot bluffs along the shore, it's littered with driftwood from live oak and cedar trees.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The bluff is severely eroded to the east of the house and is collapsing in some places.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Carve out some time to stop at one of the beaches or sit atop a bluff and enjoy a cooling breeze from the ocean.
    — Jenna Scatena, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The new, larger building could cut partially into the slope at the base of the bluff.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The trail leads into even higher bluffs, follows the spine of the ridge farther, and then drops back into the canyon.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The bluffs have made headlines over the years as students and others have fallen to their deaths to the beach below.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Rocky points, humps, and bluffs are all great areas to target winter bass with a Ned rig.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The modern three-bedroom home is located on a bluff in the heart of Malibu.
    — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 17 July 2023
  • Out on the bluff around the tower, Snowman showed me the damage caused by three centuries of pounding surf.
    — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The bluff has been eroded from beneath the Chappaquiddick home.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Hafa is a virtually open-air terrace that tops a bluff above the sea.
    — Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • But lately, Ukraine has been calling the Kremlin’s bluff.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Above our bluff perch, two cedar waxwings flew across the slowly brightening sky.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The museum sits on a steep bluff overlooking the sea to the west, a setting where a little light goes a long way.
    — Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
  • When Rebecca was 13, her 16-year-old brother, Jonathan, fell from a bluff near their home and drowned.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022

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