How to Use miff in a Sentence
miff
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His staff gave the brussels-sprout fact a standing ovation if only to miff the host.
—Vulture, 8 Apr. 2022
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If Ford feels miffed by them lumping the company in with the others, tough.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
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The word then was that Foles was miffed by Jones’ comments and refused to consider the Cowboys.
—Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 1 Feb. 2018
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Coach Buzz Williams was still miffed with the selection committee, the process and the whole lack of transparency.
—Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
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But some pancakes-and-eggs fans may be miffed over the latest concoctions.
—Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2017
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On social media, the speaker gave no hints that he was miffed by the students who refused to be photographed with him.
—Peter Jamison, ajc, 28 May 2017
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When the Ethiopian monks woke up last Easter season to find an Egyptian flag painted across the courtyard door, they were miffed but not surprised.
—Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
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Larson was clearly still miffed that the senator had offered him only eighty dollars for it.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2023
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The grumbling of thousands of uprooted officials will add to that of bigwigs miffed by Mr Cai’s queue-jumping career.
—The Economist, 13 July 2017
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Police tracked her down at a hospital and made an arrest there, which miffed Kiakos's lawyer, Michael Weinstein.
—Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 July 2017
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But the company is running out of cash, and investors have been miffed by Mr. Musk’s hasty plan to buy out his solar panel company, SolarCity.
—Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2016
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Meanwhile, many employees at OpenAI were miffed by the decision.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
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This news followed another report that Trump was miffed by the spoof itself, allegedly including the fact that Spicer was portrayed by a woman.
—Tina Nguyen, vanityfair.com, 9 Feb. 2017
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Or residents get miffed by higher water bills – water districts still have to pay for all their pipes and plants even if people are using less – and start wasting water again.
—Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2017
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Owens was inducted into the Hall, but won’t be attending the ceremony, which has miffed the game’s establishment.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 26 July 2018
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Doncic was already miffed after receiving a technical in the first quarter after officials didn’t call a foul on Brooks during his drive to the basket.
—oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
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But while Trump figures to patient there, he was reportedly miffed when Kushner went on vacation during the first, failed attempt to undo Obamacare in the House.
—Gregory Krieg, CNN, 9 May 2017
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One of OnePlus’s greatest strengths is catering to Android enthusiasts on a budget, so some buyers are going to be miffed by this decision.
—Michael Simon, PCWorld, 13 Sep. 2018
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The players actually filling clubhouses will continue to be miffed at the reasons.
—Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
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Along the highway from the airport, several bikers and spectators gave the middle finger to his motorcade, which had to weave through rush-hour traffic, leaving some on the campaign team miffed that local police had not done more to clear a path.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
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Ankara is also miffed that Washington is backing Turkey’s rivals in a natural gas dispute with Cyprus and in other regional conflicts.
—Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
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Meanwhile, the Red Devils' star keeper David de Gea is reportedly miffed with the club's apparently laboured approach to offering him a new contract, with the talks believed to be progressing slowly.
—SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018
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Another unveiling, however, snatched center stage and miffed the visitors at Dodger Stadium on Thursday: the ballpark’s new lights.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
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Lelling’s stance also miffed a range of Massachusetts leaders who have been grappling with regulating the state’s nascent marijuana market.
—Joshua Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2018
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Mahomes’ Week 1 numbers: His fantasy owners will certainly be miffed.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
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Both were rejected for San Francisco’s pilot program; city officials were miffed by their abrupt rollout of numerous scooters a year ago without permission.
—Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 12 June 2019
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Fox Sports execs are particularly miffed: the U.S. women are the tournament’s biggest draw, and America’s exit, combined with inconvenient starting times for so much of the country, will certainly result in lower ratings.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Aug. 2023
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That said, several skeptics at the screening were miffed at the documentary’s complete neutrality, which never considers that the psychics might be embellishing their communication with the other side.
—William Earl, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
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His staff gave the brussels-sprout fact a standing ovation if only to miff the host.
—Vulture, 8 Apr. 2022
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If Ford feels miffed by them lumping the company in with the others, tough.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
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