puff out
phrasal verb
puffed out; puffing out; puffs out
: to make (something) larger and rounder by filling it with air
She puffed her cheeks out and blew out the candles.
A gust of wind puffed out the boat's sails.
Examples of puff out in a Sentence
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Imagine puffing out not just regular vapor, but a full-on holographic experience.
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Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
One of the most feared is a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus, which lives in compost heaps and decaying vegetation and puffs out spores that drift through the air.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
But Dacus is still in the same royal red dress, sleeves puffed out with a seven-piece band surrounding her.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
For instance, Lionel offers different smelling fluid for steam locomotives, which makes steam puff out of the smokestacks.
—Jeff Lunden, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
The new observations using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile reveal a star puffing out gas and dust, apparently in its final stages of life before going supernova.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Sanders and the entire program puffed out their chests for three straight weeks.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street.
—Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024
There’s no live bugler with their cheeks puffed out each morning.
—Christopher Spata, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
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Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
One of the most feared is a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus, which lives in compost heaps and decaying vegetation and puffs out spores that drift through the air.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025
But Dacus is still in the same royal red dress, sleeves puffed out with a seven-piece band surrounding her.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
For instance, Lionel offers different smelling fluid for steam locomotives, which makes steam puff out of the smokestacks.
—Jeff Lunden, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
The new observations using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile reveal a star puffing out gas and dust, apparently in its final stages of life before going supernova.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Sanders and the entire program puffed out their chests for three straight weeks.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
This fall, a 16-foot-tall pigeon — its chest puffed out proudly, head high, not down pecking at some errant pizza crust, its pitiless red-eye gaze looking out over the traffic — will alight on the spur of the High Line that bridges Tenth Avenue at 30th Street.
—Carl Swanson, Curbed, 31 July 2024
There’s no live bugler with their cheeks puffed out each morning.
—Christopher Spata, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
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“Puff out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20out. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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