puffed-up
Example Sentences
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Claudius comes across as a sinister puffed-up phony.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
One woman sits grinning idiotically at a huge, puffed-up pillow on her lap.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
"In fact, we look like we're peacefully and freely performing a big, fat show to a puffed-up and hateful power. The message is clear: they have no power over us!"
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
In laboratory experiments to characterize the MOF's drug-loading capability, the researchers observed that the puffed-up version took in more ibuprofen and 5-fluorouracil molecules than the chromium-containing framework with standard-sized pores.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024
He wore a swallow-tailed coat and a puffed-up tie.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
