as in raved
to talk loudly and wildly
demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant
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Recent Examples of huffed
Difluoroethane is a gas often used in cans of compressed air, which can be huffed to produce a high, while alprazolam is the generic form of brand-name Xanax.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Isaac Hayden huffed and puffed but received little support from Blackpool’s Karoy Anderson.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Frozen-looking surfers still in their wetsuits huffed past us from a secluded point break.
—Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2025
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Isaac Hayden huffed and puffed but received little support from Blackpool’s Karoy Anderson.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2026
On one of the machines a Cluely employee panted and huffed in the dark.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Frozen-looking surfers still in their wetsuits huffed past us from a secluded point break.
—Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huffed
Verb
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Editors raved about the texture and mouthfeel of this cottage cheese.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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One Amazon shopper, who wore them on both a flight and a road trip, raved that the pants never wrinkled, which is especially valuable when living out of a suitcase.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2026
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Trump blustered and lied and displayed himself in the worst possible light, of course, but Reza Pahlavi, the Shah’s son who lives in the United States and who many Iranians had reluctantly come to regard as a possible leader, also played his hand extremely badly.—
Daniel Drake,
The New York Review of Books,
16 May 2026
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Trump has blustered, contradicted himself publicly, ramped-up rhetorically and then backed down, mostly without receiving obvious concessions.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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Rinderknecht allegedly ranted to passengers about Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, capitalism and vigilantism, The Associated Press reported.—
Madeline Morrison,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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But, for a pitcher who once famously ranted about fastball velocity, this all seems built on a pretty shaky foundation, given those wildly moving radar gun readings.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
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Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Huffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huffed. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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