How to Use in a huff in a Sentence

in a huff

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  • One man walked off in a huff when he was asked to take his cap off for the camera.
    Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • But the two fight before that can happen, and Dan leaves in a huff.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2021
  • Some customers, learning about their system, have left in a huff.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • Dellinger sees through the bravado, prompting Wolsey and his men to ride off in a huff.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Kerouac gathered it up in a huff, claimed it would never be edited, and stalked out.
    Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Misty roundly denies it and stomps off in a huff when Shauna kicks her out of the car.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This prompted the institute to back out of the conference in a huff.
    Damon Linker, The Week, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Kim asked, and Usman continued talking while Kim left in a huff.
    Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • One night, not long after Flaco evaded capture by zoo authorities, Emery left the park in a huff.
    Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Jackson left in a huff, and later confronted his son about his true interest in NIS.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Remember when Elon Musk left California in a huff, swearing to sell off all of his mansions and live property free?
    Alissa Walker, Curbed, 7 July 2021
  • Back at the cooking lesson, Meredith eventually joins them, but is so in a huff that even their instructor, Giovanni, takes notice and consoles her.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Back at the cooking lesson, Meredith eventually joins them, but is so in a huff that even their instructor, Giovanni, takes notice and consoles her.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • American Jobs Plan are already in a huff that the administration’s proposals go well beyond repairing roads and bridges.
    Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2021
  • But just as Kristen is about to leave in a huff, Boggs adds that Leland also is a public security threat and needs to be locked away in a facility for life.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
  • In the real world, someone like Eileen — who’s hoisted herself on her own petard — would more likely leave her old job in a huff and start up a newsletter and write disingenuously about her nonexistent cancellation.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And the long-haired Angelo, a former hunter (and circus acrobat), has given up the lifestyle in a huff, clacking away at a typewriter, writing a manifesto of sorts as to how greed has corrupted the pursuit.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • And the long-haired Angelo, a former circus acrobat, has given up the hunting lifestyle in a huff, clacking away at a typewriter, writing a manifesto of sorts as to how greed has corrupted the pursuit.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Trump, however, has repeatedly criticized Russia’s expulsion and made no secret of his disdain for the G-7—even quitting its 2018 summit in a huff.
    Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025

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