huff and puff
Example Sentences
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I love being able to stand on the bike and huff and puff up or down the hill.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024
In the ad, Berlant suggests that the woman on the mountain needn't huff and puff on that ragged path upwards — an act meant to symbolize eating a plant-based diet to save the planet.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2024
When arctic seals huff and puff, icy air and water molecules fly up their nares and into a labyrinth of nose bones called maxilloturbinates.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2023
But within a minute or two, some stop in huff and puff, before pushing themselves on in an unusual challenge high in India’s remote and mountainous desert region of Ladakh.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
The wolf could huff and puff and blow your house down.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
