huff
noun
a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment.
Example Sentences
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Robin is enduring a nightmare version of a party at which every unfamiliar face huffily claims they’ve met you before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Nearby, someone had huffily discarded a copy of Mario Batali’s “Molto Italiano.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
Limbaugh, huffily presiding over his vitriolic fiefdom, had accidentally gotten it right: Feminists, like any reasonable humans, didn’t want another group of people to exercise control over them based on their gender.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021
"Most of my work hasn't been tied into that narrative," he says a little huffily.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2013
Oldham did admit that activists had forced some needed changes, but the former cotton mill manager immediately added huffily that “this could have been done solely by negotiation, without the picketing.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
