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How to use huffing and puffing in a sentence

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I don't think any amount of huffing and puffing across the political divide is going to change Greencore's calculated business decision.
She slid into the seat behind me, huffing and puffing like she was breathing with one lung.
I could hear the billowing of her flannelette nightie as she swooped down the hallway, huffing and puffing with determination.
With three adults on board, it was huffing and puffing up some of the steeper inclines.
He was wearing his work uniform, his hair flying in his face as he skidded to a stop before them, huffing and puffing from the exertion.
He was upright in an instant, huffing and puffing with such violence that his entire body seemed to quake and quiver with every breath.
They're off, huffing and puffing through this grueling physical education training under a blazing sun that's far away from home.
Qantas remains quietly confident that after some initial huffing and puffing, and even some limited protests, all unions will come into line.
By the time Mr. Mineo had everything under control, he was huffing and puffing with the exertion.
Or maybe its a little pugilistic prestidigitation to avoid showing an aging action queen huffing and puffing in between roundhouses.
So all the huffing and puffing from Free TV Australia is just special interest hot air.
He was huffing and puffing something fierce, distending his cheeks with every exhalation.
It's not fun, it does hurt, abominably, and I do feel like a lumbering bear, huffing and puffing like Pooh on a bad day.
Again despite all the huffing and puffing, despite Cork's famous facility for interpreting the rule-book to suit themselves, that was wrong too.
Be prepared for a stiff climb, but the sundial and the view of Houghton and Hillbrow is worth the huffing and puffing.
Mr. Speaker, I think we all know here in the House who is doing the huffing and puffing and hyperventilating and pontificating.
Even with his offending ankle numbed by a painkiller shot, he appeared uncomfortable, huffing and puffing and repeatedly tying his shoe between pitches.
Daigle enters the complex and joins a procession of shoppers huffing and puffing up the stairs of a broken-down escalator.
What a climb we had, many of us huffing and puffing up the steep stairs toward the top!
The lungs through repetitive huffing and puffing, also get a workout and, over time, improve their capacity to oxygenate blood.
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Examples from Classical Literature
There was a bit of huffing and puffing but I made it to the living room for a good post-prandial whinge about how awful the TV is this year.
After we did this with much huffing and puffing, we backed up to admire our handywork.
After much huffing and puffing about the bus service and a public meeting nothing has or will happen.
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