Sentence examples for a puff from inspiring English sources

"a puff" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a short, sudden burst of activity, air, smoke, etc. For example, "the dragon exhaled a puff of smoke from its nostrils".

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A puff of smoke.

The New Yorker

Pause for a puff.

The Guardian - Books

He took a puff and grinned.

The New Yorker

Spinelli stopped drumming to take a puff.

The New Yorker

A puff of smoke and rapturous applause.

Independent

"It's just a puff of air".

The New York Times

— who begged you for a puff.

The New Yorker

Speech begins with a puff of breath.

The New Yorker

In a puff of smoke.

The Guardian

It really is a puff.

The Guardian - TV & Radio

It's not a puff of air.

The New Yorker

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