huff and puff

Example Sentences

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If you were to forget that Hearts - or any other non-Old Firm club - are not supposed to win the league, you can only conclude that McInnes' side are the real deal and that Rodgers' huff and puff champions are in real trouble.

From BBC

In other words, it’s not up to Newsom to huff and puff and blow existing House districts down.

From Los Angeles Times

I love being able to stand on the bike and huff and puff up or down the hill.

From New York Times

In the ad, Berlant suggests that the woman on the mountain needn't huff and puff on that ragged path upwards — an act meant to symbolize eating a plant-based diet to save the planet.

From Salon

“The Canadian government placed a very big bet that this was all a bluff from the tech companies and they could not live without Canadian news and they would huff and puff but would ultimately cave,” said Michael Geist, the Canada research chair in internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa.

From Los Angeles Times