huffing and puffing
Example Sentences
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With mighty Yankee Aaron Judge huffing and puffing at the plate, a lone insistent chant emerged from a Dodger fan lurking in the shadows.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
They are still huffing and puffing but not exactly free-scoring at the moment either, and we will have to wait and see if signing Armando Broja on loan from Chelsea changes that.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
"If you are huffing and puffing and unable to hold a conversation for some of that time you have hit the sweet spot."
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
Others discount the findings, interpreting them as huffing and puffing from students that they predict will still go wherever they get the most financial aid.
From Washington Times • May 1, 2023
Everyone is huffing and puffing, and in this heat I have to walk everywhere.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
