puffing up
Example Sentences
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When the biscuits bake, the water in the butter turns to steam, puffing up the dough to form delicate, crisp layers.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
Forced to slow down, the man who believed “hiking is for people who can’t run” found himself huffing and puffing up a peak in Griffith Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024
Grand Douglas fir trees loomed over the participants as they began their day puffing up a trail at Shoreview Park.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
The personal puffing up that occurs when too much power is bestowed too lavishly upon one person is rewardingly transparent at the start of Lear’s downward spiral.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
She pictured him puffing up the stairs, squeezing through the door, looking dis-approvingly at the clutter in their house, recoiling from Poppy’s sticky hands—no, it wouldn’t do.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
