miff
Example Sentences
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But then he’ll dig out a joke and do something that might hurt his business — and miff his investors — because, well, he thinks that something is the right thing to do.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012
He, however, is the victim of all the caprices of the company, from the prima donna, who in a miff kicks about his partition in a very piano cavatina, to each of the bandy-legged choristers.
From Physiology of The Opera by Swaby, John H.
The Hessians are disgusted, and their General De Heister gone home in a miff.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail
"I didn't say it was a miff," protested Pete.
From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by Goldfrap, John Henry
He may take a miff at any of us any time.
From Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student by Kilburn
Vocabulary lists containing miff
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