huff

Example Sentences

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Never having to huff your own engine exhaust is even better—you just don’t notice how smelly gas cars can be until you’ve been out of one for a while.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

After a suit-and-tie celebration, which neither seems too celebratory about, Shane leaves his hotel room in a huff and escapes to the hotel gym for a late night stationary bike ride.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Then there’s the sweat and, sweatier still, the sounds of athletes who let go of any sense of shame as they grunt, huff, pant, shriek and curse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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

With one mighty huff he swiped the ghost-blocking chair away and stuck a key in the lock.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis