Example Sentences

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Spurs have huffed and puffed a lot in this game but their end product has been severely lacking.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

If the Three Little Pigs had built their house out of their own poop, the Big Bad Wolf probably would have huffed and puffed somewhere else.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023

Paunchy civil servants have huffed and grimaced through official practice sessions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2015

The worst thing he could have done would have been to have huffed off to the palace, saying: "I'm off," and we would have had no prime minister at all.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2010

For more than two decades, movie men have huffed and puffed onto the C�te d'Azur once a year to promote their wares at the International Film Festival at Cannes.

From Time Magazine Archive