puffing

Example Sentences

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Puffing out your chest, pointing your finger at me, raising your voice and repeating yourself in an attempt to intimidate me into agreeing with you.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Puffing on his pipe, Mansfield asked Biden if he knew that Helms and his wife had adopted a disabled 9-year-old boy no one else would take.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2017

Puffing his chest one moment, self-scrutinizing the next, he seemed to offer a novel archetype: the grounded hip-hop star.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 22, 2016

Puffing, we reach the top of the hill and pass beneath a door with a thick granite mantel.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2015

Puffing loudly, Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed the tightly spiraling steps, getting dizzier and dizzier, until at last they heard the murmur of voices above them and knew they had reached the classroom.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling