pffft

Example Sentences

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When I'd ask my father about cooking times and whether I should use my meat thermometer, he exclaimed, "pffft, thermometer-shermometer! I've never used one, and I've been cooking for 40 years!"

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2021

Albarn has no illusions about changing people's minds with music: "Whether it can achieve anything is obviously … pffft," he sighs, running out of steam mid-sentence.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2018

You can package and deliver an idea after the fact, but if it’s what informs you in the first place... pffft, don’t make movies!”

From The Guardian • May 22, 2017

But when the chips were down in 2008, his campaign went pffft.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2011

OK, if today doesn’t favor the 10s, 12s and 13s and we get a whole lot of pffft, then it won’t be a total waste.

From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 18, 2011