puffing up

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.

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.

Grand Douglas fir trees loomed over the participants as they began their day puffing up a trail at Shoreview Park.

Regarding the fraud allegations, the applications submitted to the bank regarding asset valuations and the custom and practice in the real estate industry with respect to “puffing up” financials are of greater relevance, he added.

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.