Celtic huffed and puffed but failed to find a leveller after Killie opened the scoring with a few half-chances and half-shouts for penalties waved away.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kilmarnock-vs-celtic-live-score-30745075

Goals from Matt Funge and Oliver West were fitting reward for patient but enterprising play that might have yielded an even bigger half-time lead, and while hosts huffed and puffed they seldom looked like blowing down the house.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/non-league/2023/12/02/shepshed-dynamo-2-lye-town-0---report/

“Harrumph,” huffed the old curmudgeon.

Source: https://www.e-know.ca/regions/east-kootenay/heres-to-a-kinder-gentler-and-slower-2024/

“That jury’s a joke,” huffed Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., or as Trump called him during the 2016 primary, “Little Marco”.

Source: https://www.schwartzreport.net/2023/05/21/as-trumps-legal-woes-mount-republicans-prep-with-a-new-talking-point-jury-verdicts-dont-count/

They huffed and puffed but couldn’t force an equaliser before Brentford put the game beyond them courtesy of a Bryan Mbeumo strike on 84 minutes.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/jan/02/brentford-v-liverpool-premier-league-live-score-updates