Example Sentences

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Somewhere slightly off the page, a Big Bad Wolf is huffing and puffing and blowing these people’s home right into the ground.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2018

If anyone is huffing and puffing for a Hansel & Gretel sequel, blame these territories.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2013

“But he walks around the classroom and is huffing and puffing because he’s so excited.”

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2010

The company is huffing & puffing to boost munitions output to $1,750,000,000 annually, nearly three times average 1937-41 sales.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her hair is twisted together on both sides, and she is huffing and puffing like we had to run two miles.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée