puffing

Example Sentences

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Puffing out your chest, pointing your finger at me, raising your voice and repeating yourself in an attempt to intimidate me into agreeing with you.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Puffing among the two or three other horses waiting to perform, he seemed possessed of a different force.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

The Puffing Gun and the Rise of Cereal,” which opened in 2013 as part of the annual Summer Streets Festival in New York and traveled around the city.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2015

Puffing, we reach the top of the hill and pass beneath a door with a thick granite mantel.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2015

Puffing out his cheeks, Nick went up and down on the balls of his feet a few times, cautioning himself to stay cool.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols