Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puffed (up)
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And this couple rolled up in this giant fifth wheel with a big old pickup.
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Knight knocked Jey Uso off the apron, but was then rolled up by Jimmy for the win.
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But Blue Origin’s rocket blew up in dramatic fashion during an engine test last month, damaging its launch pad and raising questions about its ability to meet NASA’s timeline.
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One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
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And Harleys has entirely redesigned the rear -suspension and increased its travel 117 per cent to five inches (13 cm).
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The share of workers with hybrid schedules has increased a bit, while the share in fully remote positions has only seen a slight decline.
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Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
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Yes, the prices are probably inflated, but the sun protection is worth it.
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Fiber slows gastric emptying, making the stomach more distended.
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In his songs, the English language turned woolier and more expressionistic; musical space-time distended and stretched.
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This is the first piece of hard news for a team that had built up quite a bit of momentum in recent months.
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The most conspicuous symptom of this transition, certainly, was the contortion of the nation-state, and the resulting unravelling of political cultures built up over many decades.
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“Puffed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffed%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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