huffing and puffing

Example Sentences

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Inevitably, amid the weekly huffing and puffing, you share stories and life updates with a trainer, who oftentimes becomes a friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

United are huffing and puffing but unable to find a way past this organised City defence.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 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

Katherine is close on my heels, huffing and puffing even though it was only a couple hundred feet.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland