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puff of air

n. a short light gust of air [syn: puff, whiff]

Usage examples of "puff of air".

Three paces farther on w as another opening and from that came a puff of air.

Three paces farther on was another opening and from that came a puff of air.

My skin was hot and quite damp from fear, so that when he released my robe at last and let it fall, I felt the puff of air against my side almost as a breeze.

Raif felt a puff of air on his cheek and heard the deep thunder-rumble of grinding earth.

A small puff of air escaped the servant's lips in the form of a tiny squeak.

The feather wafted up, blown by a puff of air, and Horn's eyes snapped open.

A vagrant puff of air brought him a cold smell, human yet not, and he smiled.

The heavy crump of the explosion blew a puff of air into his face, and by the sudden flare of flame he saw far below the dark figures standing over the dead horse.

He exhaled, the resulting puff of air propelled the sphere directly at her.

The puff of air twisted next to the silver form, and in another throaty word, tiny Darlantan received his appellation.

Zothip was muttering as the first puff of air from their passage wafted in through the car opening.

He knew it was the puff of air escaping, carrying him with it, and he dug arms and legs frantically against the wall to brake himself.

A fetid puff of air struck me full face, as if the creature had exhaled.