huffs
- present tense form of huff (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The morning included wide-eyed surprise and huffs from both parties, prompting a back and forth of retorts and accusations over three hours of discussion.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
“If I’m the longest tenured sideline reporter ever, with well over 500 games,” she huffs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024
“Maybe if you’d done your job, we wouldn’t need to live in a dome,” Ray huffs to his petulant, anti-intellectual roommate.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
Greg huffs and puffs there on a rental bike.
From Salon • May 22, 2023
Lara huffs and I see it—that same I’m-better-than-you attitude flashes in her eyes that I used to see in Emily Grant’s.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
