puffed

Example Sentences

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"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

As the Yantar pulled into its final stop in Kaliningrad, and the doors unsealed for the final time, he puffed up: "We fear nothing. We are brave."

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 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

Frozen dinner rolls were closer, but they puffed into soft clouds that collapsed under filling.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

Today, when the bread bubbled and puffed in the middle, it didn’t even make her smile.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr