puff
noun
a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
have been puffing
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present perfect progressiveof puff.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He ought to have been puffing, here, out of breath, by this time.
From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by Colman, George
