fluff

Example Sentences

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But after missing several big chances at Newcastle, Haaland drew a blank again, fluffing his lines with a poor touch that allowed Flekken to save when he should have hit the target.

From Barron's

Toronto loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth but failed to conjure a run, and the Dodgers did the same in the 10th as expectation mounted, but both sides fluffed their lines.

From BBC

Launched in 1964, four years after Coronation Street, the show initially ran five days a week and was also known for performers' fluffed lines.

From BBC

She always called me when she needed a holiday fluff piece.”

From Los Angeles Times

Though initially, this created a buzz that Betelgeuse might go supernova any minute, scientists soon found out that the dimming was actually due to a large fluff of dust that the monster sneezed out.

From Space Scoop