puffed

Example Sentences

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For now, by mostly telling only the happy part of the story, earnings are left puffed up.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Let me slide two identical batches of granola across the breakfast nook toward you—a cheeky little mix that smells like maple syrup, toasted almonds, and nutty puffed rice.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

Describing the scene as the "wild west", Liverpool's Garnett describes fighting in rooms full of smoke while fans puffed on cigarettes.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

"We found huge variation: some galaxies are beginning to settle into ordered rotation, but most are still chaotic, with gas puffed up and moving in all directions."

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025

With his fur puffed up, he looked twice as big as normal, almost the size of a panther.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn