How to Use huff in a Sentence

huff

1 of 2 verb

• Bears tend to huff, paw at the ground or even make small rushes at the person.
  — Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 June 2017
• Don’t act out, don’t huff and puff over the indignity of it all — just be busy that day.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• Don’t act out, don’t huff and puff over the indignity of it all – just, be busy that day.
  — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• Or have all of his brain cells corroded away after years of huffing his own scent?
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
• Fitness buffs huff and puff up and down the amphitheater aisles all year long, and wise ones keep their eyes open.
  — Christopher Reynolds, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
• Frozen-looking surfers still in their wetsuits huffed past us from a secluded point break.
  — Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2025
• There's little to huff and puff about on the mostly level ride with some fun ups and downs and no leg burning climbs.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
• Instead of huffing it back up the hill for another run, a tow line pulls riders back up the hill.
  — Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2019
• When Leo gets back from his date with a rose in hand, Chris huffs out of the room without saying a word.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 2 July 2018
• Oldman’s Churchill huffs and puffs his cigar less showily than fans of scenery-chewing will expect.
  — Armond White, National Review, 19 Jan. 2018
• Embrace that and stand up for it without huffing the spray paint that everyone else is huffing.
  — Heather Havrilesky, The Cut, 26 June 2017
• On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
  — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
• Donald huffs in disgust, saying that Melania is hotter than any of them, and who needs this?
  — Nell Scovell, HWD, 12 Oct. 2017
• Meanwhile in Boston, England huffed and puffed but could not blow Ghana away.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
• Indeed, the goddess’s garb gave newspapers across the land something to huff and/or snicker about.
  — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2017
• Arenado scored easily and Parra huffed into third base on what was ruled a triple.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 14 May 2016
• This version is battery-powered, meaning no more huffing and puffing!
  — Anja Webb, Parents, 24 June 2026
• Some of you reading this are suddenly huffing and puffing, shocked that Hamilton was bumped from the list.
  — Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2019
• Only after sunrise did people dare to leave their homes, and by then a ferocious fire was huffing thick plumes of smoke over the city.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
• Each year, the breadth and reach of this Thanksgiving-adjacent sales event seems to huff and puff and grow ever larger.
  — NBC News, 29 Nov. 2019
• Others might huff and puff, but there’s no blowing this house down, or swaying Van Noten from following his heart.
  — Vogue, 12 Oct. 2017
• Lee began huffing gasoline at seven years old, court documents stated.
  — Nina Giraldo, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
• West Virginia man allegedly huffed paint, beat mother with spatula.
  — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
• In general, bears show agitation by swaying their heads, huffing, and clacking their teeth.
  — ABC News, 28 May 2026
• Naomi Watts huffs, puffs, and blows it out of the water in her upcoming thriller The Wolf Hour.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Audio from the Tread is more than loud enough even when huffing, puffing, and sprinting through a challenging interval.
  — Craig Rawlins-Wilson, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
• The father was allegedly trying to stop the 17-year-old from huffing butane, according to the post.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
• LeBron James huffed and puffed and took a seat in the second half, the Warriors house still standing strong against his best efforts.
  — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 5 June 2017
• Washington’s Copium But the White House is huffing its own brand of copium.
  — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
• Women are expected to arrive at the office more carefully dressed and coiffed than men, which can be a challenge after huffing uphill in a rain shower.
  — Dasia Moore, Quartz, 8 Dec. 2019

huff

2 of 2 noun

• The hike is short and steep, about a mile out and back, a huff and a puff.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2021
• Devers walked back to the dugout in a huff.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
• David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.
  — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
• But the two fight before that can happen, and Dan leaves in a huff.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2021
• But not to get his attention, and not in a huff — but instead just to get some sleep.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
• Kemp looked at the ceiling and blew a huff of air when Schwartz announced the sentence.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
• This prompted the institute to back out of the conference in a huff.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 29 Sep. 2021
• One example is quitting in a huff three weeks before your options vest.
  — Neil Senturia, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 May 2017
• So Lynn leaves in a huff, and Jim runs after her, and then almost gets run down by a car.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• Then a few more, closer each time, and finally a loud huff just beyond the nylon walls of the tent.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• Copeland’s mother, on the other hand, wasn’t happy with his decision and walked off in a huff.
  — Britni Danielle, Essence.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• The professor says something callous; the student throws a glass of water in his face and leaves in a huff.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• But a weeknight huff was enough to send me straight back to the Left Bank with visions of Provence.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 13 July 2020
• Maddie took off in a huff, dashing down the busy New York City sidewalk.
  — Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Cut, 17 Apr. 2018
• Eventually, a series of people would call until the person in charge got on the phone in a huff.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
• And my lungs huff, voicing their regret at my choice to bum a loose cigarette on Saturday night.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2019
• Once, Zimmer called for a two-point conversion in a huff after his rookie kicker missed one field goal.
  — Star Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• The man ultimately left in a huff, with no refund, no cheese and his bag of cubed squash, Dator tweeted.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 26 July 2017
• And that culminated on Saturday in a huff and a puff, when the desire to fight on collapsed.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
• The joyride ended with a walk down the tunnel in a huff, the seething noticeable in Jonathan Quick’s waddle.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Denied a chance for leave for new chances of glory, Mahrez is in a huff with Leicester and absent from full duties.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2018
• Ruminate on heavier matters for too long, and some of the more rabid fisherpersons are going to quit the book in a huff.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2021
• Nate, meanwhile, goes to his office in a huff, once again twisting events so that everything that anyone else does is both about him and an affront to him.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
• After Meg leaves the stranger's residence in a huff, Harry heads to the house and hits the motherlode.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• One friend of mine repeatedly scolded a roommate who refused to stop going to parties or to wash his hands, until the guy moved out in a huff.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 25 May 2020
• The hat floated to the United Center rafters, prompting Moffat to leave the arena in a huff.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 29 Oct. 2019
• And as the line dwindled to the door, there wasn’t so much as an inconvenienced huff nor puff issued from a ticketholder entering anywhere near us.
  — Kelly Dearmore, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
• The huffs and hums, produced by two women standing face-to-face and vocalizing from their throats, is believed to be one of the oldest music forms in the world.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
• In the distance, a train whistle howled, followed by the huff of a train, shuddering over tracks that had carried prisoners to their deaths decades earlier.
  — Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• In the distance, a train whistle howled, followed by the huff of a train, shuddering over tracks that had carried prisoners to their deaths decades earlier.
  — Matthew Shaer, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017