Sentence examples for slight puff from inspiring English sources

The "p sound" occurring after the /s/ is unaspirated (i.e., it is pronounced without any accompanying slight puff of air).

As time went on and my condition got less severe (like it does for most men exiting puberty), even the slight puff that was left in my relatively-normal nipples bothered me.

Trick to browning vs. charring: rotate marshmallow when a slight puff of smoke rises.

In his novella "The Shadow-Line," Conrad wrote: "Slight puffs came and went, and whenever they were strong enough to wake up the black water the murmur alongside ran through my very heart in a delicate crescendo of delight and died away swiftly".

"Be it the beginning of bony spurs, bog spavins or windgall, Noah would see the first slight knobble or puff".

It was a near perfect day, temperature in the low 80s with a slight breeze, the sky puffed with cottony clouds.

The current configuration in which the tube tip is attached to the mirror produces slight vibrations during the air-puff release (reduced by absorbing elements disposed in the instrument holder).

The choux relies on steam pressure inside to puff up, and even a slight decrease in temperature could cause the buns to collapse.

Finally, as the smoke is exhausted from the syringe and the next diluted puff enters the chamber over 8 seconds, a slight decrease in mass is observed, probably due to evaporation of some smoke vapour phase components from the surface of the crystal caused by the increase in airflow, momentarily reducing the mass.

They're exactly what they sound like — layered, yeast-leavened puff pastry shaped into a ring and fried to a slight crisp.

A slight, rumpled and intense man, he talks in spurts, as if puffing on the ghost of a cigarette.