huff and puff
Example Sentences
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I love being able to stand on the bike and huff and puff up or down the hill.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
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 ● Sep. 25, 2024
If he couldn't get a win he'd have reluctantly taken a draw, but all he got was huff and puff.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
When arctic seals huff and puff, icy air and water molecules fly up their nares and into a labyrinth of nose bones called maxilloturbinates.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
I grab her hand in truce as we huff and puff up a hill, turning around to look back at it all when we finally reach the top.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
