"Puff out" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... straight," said Matilda; "and it looks thin, too, Maria; it don't puff out as much as the real South ...
— What She Could • Susan Warner
... present, but there is always the danger that it may spread, so you have done wisely to come to me. A little judicious treatment will soon set you right. Your waistcoat, please, but not your shirt. Puff out your chest and say ninety-nine in ...
— Round the Red Lamp - Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life • Arthur Conan Doyle
... use it on him," Ray replied, slowly and carefully. "It's too good for him—except maybe the stock. He didn't lead me clear out here just to see him puff out and blow up in a minute with a rifle ball through his head. Just the same I want the gun near me, all ...
— The Sky Line of Spruce • Edison Marshall
... wind to puff out a farthing candle," one of the young men said. "I think we're safe to ...
— Henry Dunbar - A Novel • M. E. Braddon
... later, perhaps an hour after midnight, at a time when she believed Hattie to be asleep, Lloyd, watchful as ever, noted that her cheeks began alternately to puff out and contract with her breathing. In an instant the nurse was on her feet. She knew the meaning of this sign. Hattie had fainted while asleep. Lloyd took the temperature. It was falling rapidly. The pulse was weak, rapid, and irregular. It seemed impossible ...
— A Man's Woman • Frank Norris |
