guff
Example Sentences
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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
Kaplan is “the worst possible draw for Trump” because he’s “really smart and takes no guff from either side,” veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyer Robert Katzberg told the Post.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024
To the contrary: We are freer than ever to do what’s right, and not to take any guff about it.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023
‘I suppose you don’t believe all that guff about souls and ghosts and everything, do you?’
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.