guff

Example Sentences

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He was lousy again Saturday with five baskets and five turnovers and a bunch of guff for the officials.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

And local officers still take some guff during tense encounters between ICE officers and protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Graeme: Different manager, different team, same guff from Rangers.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

At the beginning of the film, she is obedient and obliging and corseted; by the end, she is in a much smaller skirt and taking no guff.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

“Technology, design, electric cars. That's what schools should be teaching. Not all this 'Wandered lonely as a cloud’ guff.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell