puff out
phrasal verb
puffed out; puffing out; puffs out
: to make (something) larger and rounder by filling it with air
She puffed her cheeks out and blew out the candles.
A gust of wind puffed out the boat's sails.
Examples of puff out in a Sentence
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There was reason to puff out the chest and believe the organization had cleared the path for him.
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Anthony Slater, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Roger Federer did the same thing to a 140mph delivery from Andy Roddick at the 2007 U.S. Open, sending it back to Roddick’s toes and leading the American to puff out his cheeks.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Imagine puffing out not just regular vapor, but a full-on holographic experience.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
One of the most feared is a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus, which lives in compost heaps and decaying vegetation and puffs out spores that drift through the air.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
But Dacus is still in the same royal red dress, sleeves puffed out with a seven-piece band surrounding her.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
For instance, Lionel offers different smelling fluid for steam locomotives, which makes steam puff out of the smokestacks.
—Jeff Lunden, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
The new observations using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile reveal a star puffing out gas and dust, apparently in its final stages of life before going supernova.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Anthony Slater, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Roger Federer did the same thing to a 140mph delivery from Andy Roddick at the 2007 U.S. Open, sending it back to Roddick’s toes and leading the American to puff out his cheeks.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Imagine puffing out not just regular vapor, but a full-on holographic experience.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
One of the most feared is a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus, which lives in compost heaps and decaying vegetation and puffs out spores that drift through the air.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
But Dacus is still in the same royal red dress, sleeves puffed out with a seven-piece band surrounding her.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
For instance, Lionel offers different smelling fluid for steam locomotives, which makes steam puff out of the smokestacks.
—Jeff Lunden, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
The new observations using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile reveal a star puffing out gas and dust, apparently in its final stages of life before going supernova.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Puff out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20out. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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