puff

Example Sentences

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“Sometimes you feel like to be powerful you want to puff up and be louder,” McEwen says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Phil Salt called on England to puff their chests out, stand up and keep their T20 World Cup hopes alive, saying on Friday that when they bring their A-game "sides can't live with us".

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

A puff of his cheeks on his way to the net indicated Sinner's relief.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Many of them knew each other, and I was like a puff of smoke wandering the halls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The sawed plank and the puff adder preyed on his mind.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck