Example Sentences

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Standing below towering palms, they separated fruit that had puffed up and cracked after absorbing too much water, as well as dates that were discolored and possibly filled with black mold.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023

The bird is the size of a jay, but on this frigid morning in Aspen, Colo., he had puffed out his feathers for warmth in comically plump style.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

Instead of Froot Loops, they had puffed rice.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

Someone had puffed them up with a hand pump so when released they skittered in the breeze along the ground.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2011

She had traveled half of the trip in a hammock that two men carried on their shoulders, because swelling had disfigured her legs and her varicose veins had puffed up like bubbles.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez