Example Sentences

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But, in truth, they were huffing and puffing before that moment of madness made life even more difficult.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

While 27,500 runners were huffing and puffing their way around Sunday's Cardiff Half Marathon, one of them seemingly felt it was a case of perfect timing to pop the question.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2023

On Tuesday of that week, Taylor said he wrote “remember when” on a dry-erase board as he and offensive coordinator Brian Callahan were huffing and puffing to devise a plan against Aaron Donald.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2022

They were huffing and heaving around the room with the chair, mashing each other against the wall and sink.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Fierce gusts scattered the ashes of his fire and fluttered the walls of his tent as though some strong-lunged giant were huffing and puffing to blow his house down.

From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.