huff
noun
a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment.
has huffed
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present perfectof huff (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There is some speculation that Yeltsin will declare a state of emergency this week, and he has huffed and puffed about drastic measures, including one freeing prices from state control.
From Time Magazine Archive
I never contradict a lady, because it’s not polite; but since I explained, the old woman has huffed, and won’t trust me with half a quartern—will she, Moonshine?”
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
I am denied by this barbarous woman to go to church, as I had built upon I might: and she has huffed poor Mr. Williams all to pieces, for pleading for me.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson
