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Example sentences for: puffing

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The duo runs toward us, with Dad puffing, struggling to keep up, then finally gesturing for a timeout.
Orgies of high-mindedness like the Volunteer Summit--four presidents, Colin Powell, the networks, celebrities, corporations, foundations, all huffing and puffing in Philadelphia--are a cheap target for knee-jerk iconoclasm.
Dudes puffing on big cigars signal higher and higher bids.
Not surprisingly, Pollak has a Big Bad Wolf huffing and puffing from the moment The Creation of Dr. B begins.
Baseball is also, incidentally, the only sport where players can smoke during the game; you used to catch appealing glimpses on television of some professional athlete puffing away.