Get to know Huffed better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Huffed meaning
simple past and past participle of huff
Using Huffed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of huff
- In the example corpus, huffed often appears in combinations such as: huffed and, they huffed.
Context around Huffed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Huffed
- In this selection, "huffed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, celtic, hosts and liverpool stand out and add context to how "huffed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include they huffed and puffed and as amakhosi huffed and puffed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "huffed" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with huffed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On second thought don’t – why start off the week all huffed up and bothered? (15 words)
They huffed and puffed for 45 minutes, before Livi’s house fell down in the second half. (17 words)
The hand dryer huffed and puffed and blew so hard that a bunch of towels flew out of the wastebasket. (20 words)
Liverpool huffed and puffed but were unable to secure the lead before Fulham, as they did all game, attacked the space vacated by the lack of a right-back and ended with Robinson's low cross for Muniz, whose flick nestled into the far corner. (45 words)
Goals from Matt Funge and Oliver West were fitting reward for patient but enterprising play that might have yielded an even bigger half-time lead, and while hosts huffed and puffed they seldom looked like blowing down the house. (39 words)
Madrid huffed and puffed for the final 10 minutes but created very little, as the game fizzled out with Shakhtar overtaking the Champions League specialists with just one game left in the group stages. (34 words)
On second thought don’t – why start off the week all huffed up and bothered? (15 words)
Example sentences (16)
Celtic huffed and puffed but failed to find a leveller after Killie opened the scoring with a few half-chances and half-shouts for penalties waved away.
Goals from Matt Funge and Oliver West were fitting reward for patient but enterprising play that might have yielded an even bigger half-time lead, and while hosts huffed and puffed they seldom looked like blowing down the house.
They huffed and puffed but couldn’t force an equaliser before Brentford put the game beyond them courtesy of a Bryan Mbeumo strike on 84 minutes.
I huffed in defence of the celebrity who, it must be said, is a complete stranger to me, and then four days later I gave birth.
Liverpool huffed and puffed but were unable to secure the lead before Fulham, as they did all game, attacked the space vacated by the lack of a right-back and ended with Robinson's low cross for Muniz, whose flick nestled into the far corner.
Pars huffed and puffed, the boss brought on Sutherland, Lewis McCann, Ewan Otoo and Andrew Tod to try and change the game.
They huffed and puffed for 45 minutes, before Livi’s house fell down in the second half.
We huffed and we puffed, with tiring bodies because they've not played enough minutes, or they've played too many minutes.
As Amakhosi huffed and puffed to an anti-climactic finish last season, they have started this term on the wrong foot.
Madrid huffed and puffed for the final 10 minutes but created very little, as the game fizzled out with Shakhtar overtaking the Champions League specialists with just one game left in the group stages.
Once Calvert-Lewin sent an unstoppable header past Hugo Lloris in the 55th minute, meeting Lucas Digne's free kick to perfection, Tottenham huffed and puffed but offered little.
On second thought don’t – why start off the week all huffed up and bothered?
Napoli huffed and puffed trying to salvage some pride but their end product was wayward and caught up in their frustration.
Panjim Footballers Sports Club huffed and puffed their way to snatch a valuable point by holding Goan Football Club 2-2 in the Goa Professional League match, played at Duler Stadium, here on Sunday.
The hand dryer huffed and puffed and blew so hard that a bunch of towels flew out of the wastebasket.
The midfield group - Mile Jedinak, Luongo and Rogic - worked hard to close him down whenever he got on the ball, although he did find opportunities to spray passes around as Colombia huffed and puffed.
Common combinations with huffed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: