puff

Example Sentences

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“Sometimes you feel like to be powerful you want to puff up and be louder,” McEwen says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Phil Salt called on England to puff their chests out, stand up and keep their T20 World Cup hopes alive, saying on Friday that when they bring their A-game "sides can't live with us".

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Many of them knew each other, and I was like a puff of smoke wandering the halls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

There was a brief acknowledgement and a puff of the cheeks from Healy when she reached three figures - the value of a century is in the outcome of the match.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

All these thoughts went through Clare’s mind, dear reader, because it was his way to puff himself up with outrage in the face of vulnerability.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman