in a huff
Example Sentences
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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
A few of them yelled at Giuliani; he walked out in a huff and never met with Sharpton—or any other Black leader, except the city’s few Black conservatives—ever again.
From Slate • Aug. 16, 2023
Of course, any party's backbenches are almost constitutionally set up to be in a huff.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2023
He threw in the proverbial towel in a huff on Twitter, citing the department’s entrenched tough-on-crime culture and the many failures to implement effective reforms.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Brer hopped to his feet in a huff.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
