puff furiously
Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words
To smoke quickly and with agitation or anger.
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Examples (10)
- He sat by the window, puffing furiously at his pipe.
- Despite the doctor's warnings, she continued to puff furiously on her cigarettes.
- The stressed executive would puff furiously at his cigar during difficult meetings.
- He was so angry that he could only puff furiously on his e-cigarette.
- The old man, deep in thought, began to puff furiously at the unlit pipe.
- She tried to calm down, but her anger made her puff furiously.
- In the tense silence, the only sound was him puffing furiously.
- He was so agitated that he started to puff furiously on anything he could find.
- The character in the play was meant to puff furiously to show his frustration.
- Even with the bad taste, he couldn't stop himself from puffing furiously.