puff

Example Sentences

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Anyone with a slightly discerning eye can see this is a puff piece, a two-hour-long greatest hits CD.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

"I took the first puff," he adds with a laugh.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“Sometimes you feel like to be powerful you want to puff up and be louder,” McEwen says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

They can’t recreate every wind puff and ocean eddy, so they divide the world into a 3-D grid and generate myriad variables for each box, from soil temperature to ocean salinity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

“The 533-C form of Mentana,” they’d say and puff out their chests.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri