puffed-up
Example Sentences
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The puffed-up version is a lot less interesting and humanly evocative than the true version.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Griffith was a puffed-up man of no amiable disposition; his fellow L.A. millionaire Alphonzo Bell, the developer of Bel-Air, mocked him as “the Prince of Wales.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
One woman sits grinning idiotically at a huge, puffed-up pillow on her lap.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
In a way, that makes sense, given Ethan’s puffed-up prose.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
The aboatia has shaky legs and puffed-up fur.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
