Puffing

Synonyms for "puffing" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

asthmatic bloat blurb breathing breathless diastole dilation distension dropsy edema errhine

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expiratory flatulence heaving huffing inflation inspiratory intumescence nasal out of breath panting plug pneumonic puff pulmonary

Noun(1 words)

Related words (26)

pulmonic respiratory rhinal short-breathed short-winded sneezy sniffling sniffly sniffy snoring snorting snuffling snuffly snuffy sternutatory stertorous stretching swell swelling tumescence

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wheezing wheezy winded write up write-up

Noun(1 words)

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breathing out exhalation expiration smoke smoking

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legal united states

is a

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blowing exhalation smoke

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buyer fact judgment opinion potential property representation seller

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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"A-hem!" Alice boasted, puffing up with pride.

Source: tatoeba (326883)

Puffing and panting we continued to run with renewed vigor.

Source: tatoeba (327065)

I'm not a mountaineer, and I don't aspire to be one, but it's so cool to stand on a summit and see the world around me from places one can only get to on foot, with a lot of huffing and puffing and sweat along the way.

Source: tatoeba (1227186)

I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the pages of Henri Murger's Vie de Bohème.

Source: tatoeba (6309920)

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