huff
noun
a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Mamá lets out a wail that I can hear as I am huffing and puffing up the tall staircase to our apartment after returning home from school.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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