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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
huff .
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Examples
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Reading through the obnoxious comments and childish banter of a seeming pro-drug company to anything which suggests control of dangerous substances - illegal because they are dangerous - as a parent of a young person addicted for 17 years, my first reaction to the evident "huffed" attitude and pure polemic is that I am glad that there exists an anti-drug group in this country.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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He tilted his head and "huffed" slightly through his oversized nostrils.
Darkness of the Light David_Peter 2007
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He remained silent and "huffed" for some days, but at last he took the Frenchman aside and made him a formal apology.
William of Germany Stanley Shaw
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As for me, though I was meekness itself, taking the most obscure position I could find, and remaining as absolutely motionless as possible, they eyed me with suspicion; from the first they "huffed" at me, and at this point began to squawk the moment
In Nesting Time Olive Thorne Miller 1874
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Hastings man allegedly 'huffed' while driving, slammed into tree
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Hastings man allegedly 'huffed' while driving, slammed into tree
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They're "huffed" or sniffed and can cause addiction or sudden death from cardiac arrest.
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Hastings man allegedly 'huffed' while driving, slammed into tree
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She referred to one boy, for instance, who said he drank a sports drink whenever he "huffed" to wash away the harsh ingredients added to the aerosol, she said.
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They're "huffed" or sniffed and can cause addiction or sudden death from cardiac arrest.
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