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

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

Trinity, against Carver, was all huff and puff.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers