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

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

And if you do try to return it, and they give you some guff, they give you some attitude, then you wield that Yelp sword.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

She had just come off a twelve-hour shift at Mercy Hospital in Jersey City and was in no mood for guff.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers