puffed-up
Example Sentences
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For now, by mostly telling only the happy part of the story, earnings are left puffed up.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"We found huge variation: some galaxies are beginning to settle into ordered rotation, but most are still chaotic, with gas puffed up and moving in all directions."
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
Not too long after that, Keaton flew across the country to New York where several things happened in short succession that would have puffed up anyone else’s ego.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
For if we are too proud, too puffed up with self-worth, especially now, when we’re encircled by the sea’s embrace, in future time we’ll look like total fools.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025
I imagined them puffed up and black inside my boots.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
