How to Use in a huff in a Sentence
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The officer wished me good luck with him and left in a huff.
— Sharon Ann Newman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023 -
But the two fight before that can happen, and Dan leaves in a huff.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2021 -
At one point, fed up with the nagging, Mr. Green left in a huff and drove his Corvette into the country to think.
— Marc Myers, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022 -
This prompted the institute to back out of the conference in a huff.
— Damon Linker, The Week, 29 Sep. 2021 -
Some customers, learning about their system, have left in a huff.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2022
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