miff

Example Sentences

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But then he’ll dig out a joke and do something that might hurt his business — and miff his investors — because, well, he thinks that something is the right thing to do.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012

Well, Pretty Patty must have a miff of some sort.

From Patty's Butterfly Days by Wells, Carolyn

Half the parish has some miff against the other half.

From Two Christmas Celebrations by Parker, Theodore

He may take a miff at any of us any time.

From Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student by Kilburn

Well, well, don't get into a miff about a trifle now.

From The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans by Townsend, Mary Ashley