puff

Example Sentences

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A puff of dust emerged with it, for it had been years since Clare had sought its guidance.

From Literature

Tolkan was also well known for drilling Maverick and Goose with swift reprimands and tough love between puffs of his cigar as their commanding officer, Tom “Stinger” Jardian, in the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun.”

From Los Angeles Times

Grandfather, who puffs on Gauloises cigarettes, resembles Baroness Orczy’s Old Man in the Corner, an armchair detective who solves crimes from the confines of a London tea shop.

From The Wall Street Journal

You could puff away on aeroplanes, in hospitals and in offices.

From BBC

Each time the order of cream puffs was larger.

From Literature