How to Use miff in a Sentence

miff

verb

• His staff gave the brussels-sprout fact a standing ovation if only to miff the host.
  — Vulture, 8 Apr. 2022
• If Ford feels miffed by them lumping the company in with the others, tough.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• But some pancakes-and-eggs fans may be miffed over the latest concoctions.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2017
• 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
• 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
• Larson was clearly still miffed that the senator had offered him only eighty dollars for it.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Meanwhile, many employees at OpenAI were miffed by the decision.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The players actually filling clubhouses will continue to be miffed at the reasons.
  — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Mahomes’ Week 1 numbers: His fantasy owners will certainly be miffed.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• His staff gave the brussels-sprout fact a standing ovation if only to miff the host.
  — Vulture, 8 Apr. 2022
• If Ford feels miffed by them lumping the company in with the others, tough.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024