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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

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025