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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sufflate .
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Examples
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“Heavenly Blue” morning glories sufflated by this new breeze come upon us now, coincident with a ritual the French actually have a word for, “la rentrée” * — applying equally to grownups back from extended vacations and schoolchildren beginning their semester.
“The Cure of Poetry in an Age of Prose” : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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About ten minutes later, while studying a series of German lithographs in the coffee-room, I heard a heavy footstep in the passage and a knock at the door; and Mr. Job appeared, a giant of a man, with a giant's girth and red cheeks, which he sufflated as a preliminary of speech.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Taken from a review of Prof Oates in the Sunday NY Times 6/7/09
June 7, 2009