puffing up

Example Sentences

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The species as a whole has a variety of defensive techniques, including biting, puffing up and flattening their heads to look like a venomous snake.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

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

Mamá lets out a wail that I can hear as I am huffing and puffing up the tall staircase to our apartment after returning home from school.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar