puffed-up
Example Sentences
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Claudius comes across as a sinister puffed-up phony.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
One woman sits grinning idiotically at a huge, puffed-up pillow on her lap.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
In laboratory experiments to characterize the MOF's drug-loading capability, the researchers observed that the puffed-up version took in more ibuprofen and 5-fluorouracil molecules than the chromium-containing framework with standard-sized pores.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024
However, when it neared the shore it turned out to be a puffed-up minke.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023
All he knew was that his body felt strange, like a puffed-up lump of bread dough right before it is punched back down.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
