huff
noun
a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment.
are huffing
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present progressiveof huff.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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United are huffing and puffing but unable to find a way past this organised City defence.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024
"If you are huffing and puffing and unable to hold a conversation for some of that time you have hit the sweet spot."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
The Peloton user submits to the uncharted terrain of Cody’s World; he decides when we are cruising down a flat road and when we are huffing up a hill.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2021
But what’s sad here is, neither do the reporters who are huffing and puffing about this folderol.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 10, 2015
“Ten Chimneys” is more fun when it’s dishing bits of stage lore than when the characters are huffing and puffing over misalliances and infatuations.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012
