huff and puff
Example Sentences
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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
And for all the huff and puff, a panicked and pedestrian Wales were desperately short of quality and creativity in the final third, despite the array of attacking options.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 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
But within a minute or two, some stop in huff and puff, before pushing themselves on in an unusual challenge high in India’s remote and mountainous desert region of Ladakh.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 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
