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
She pauses to consider, and, as if this is a favor I've asked, she huffily replies that she will make five.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
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
But that’s not to say that “expertise” is something we ought to huffily defend from the top down.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2020
"You can have this back," she said huffily.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
