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The aboatia puts his game face on, which means baring his teeth and puffing up his fur.

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Either the loaves failed to rise or else they puffed up absurdly and turned hard as bricks.

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He puffed again on his cigar and exhaled a slow stream of smoke.

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Clutching a powder puff in one hand and a container of face powder in the other, Lady Constance ran out of her dressing room, down the stairs, and out the front door of Ashton Place.

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Indeed, she had huffed and puffed her way to the end of the hall at a full trot before Penelope even had a chance to catch her eye and offer a look of sympathy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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