"Huffy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... huffy about the motor breaking down, you'll just have to get over it," she went on. "It couldn't possibly have been Dr. ...
— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
... like me interfering. Silly old pompous ass!" Nevertheless his attitude towards the huffy landlord, if scornful, ...
— The Roll-Call • Arnold Bennett
... thought either way I should have known you'd be brought down to back him up. And quite right too to stand by your sister—the more so that all you Selincourts are as poor as Church rats and naturally don't want your damaged goods back on your hands. But don't get huffy, keep calm like me. You deny everything, Lawrence. Quite right: a man's not worth his salt if he won't lie to protect a woman. Laura also denies everything. Quite right again: a woman's bound to lie to save her reputation. ...
— Nightfall • Anthony Pryde
... keen glance. "What are you so huffy about, Keith?" he demanded. "I don't see that it's anything to you what I say about the place. You don't own it. I guess a man has a right to say what he chooses of ...
— Gordon Keith • Thomas Nelson Page
... need to get so sore about it. I don't go around asking folks can I give 'em a meal ticket all the time, let me tell you, and when I do—Oh rats! Say, I didn't mean to get huffy, Morty. But, doggone you, old man, you can't shake me this easy. I sye, old top, I'm peeved; yessir. We'll go Dutch to a lodging-house, or ...
— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis
|
