puff
Example Sentences
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He puffs out his chest, like this is a huge accomplishment.
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Bronden unrolled the parchment and stared at it for a moment, her breath making little puffs of mist in the cold morning air.
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It vanished in a puff of glitter right at Danny’s feet.
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The helicopter continued on to Kendra, where the smokestacks of a paper mill normally puffed gray clouds into the sky, twenty-four hours a day.
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Once it sniffed, sending a tiny puff of smoke out of its nostrils.
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