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- noun Plural form of
huff . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
huff .
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Examples
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His mouth ate at mine, his breath still coming in huffs from the fall down the hill.
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She was crouched down on her haunches in the snow there, her steaming breath coming in short huffs.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow
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I've also witnessed a few familiar adolescent "huffs" and "eye rolls" in more than one diverse cultural environment.
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Between huffs and puffs, he is telling me something about the vegetable oil added to Kraft Cheez Whiz.
Peter Mandel: The Boys of Summer: Turning Fifty at Red Sox Fantasy Camp. Peter Mandel 2011
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Between huffs and puffs, he is telling me something about the vegetable oil added to Kraft Cheez Whiz.
Peter Mandel: The Boys of Summer: Turning Fifty at Red Sox Fantasy Camp. Peter Mandel 2011
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This does not amount to saying that Christian belief is a "requirement for public office" as one site huffs.
Dissents: Jack Conway's Aqua-Buddha ad Ezra Klein 2010
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Jordan huffs the same way Father huffs when he's tired of trying to explain something to Mom.
PLAYGROUND Andrew O. Dugas 2011
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Between huffs and puffs, he is telling me something about the vegetable oil added to Kraft Cheez Whiz.
Peter Mandel: The Boys of Summer: Turning Fifty at Red Sox Fantasy Camp. Peter Mandel 2011
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John huffs furiously on his smoke, burning it halfway down with one drag.
The Swindler Erin Zulkoski 2012
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"He won't be up there for long," they croak, sharing nods and commiserating huffs.
Cactus Subconscious Shawn Misener 2012
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