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puff of air

Noun

Meaning

a short light gust of air

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The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air. William Kent Krueger

If you chasing popularity, you're chasing a moment, you're chasing a puff of air. George W. Bush

Each time the reed opens, a puff of air goes through the gap, after which the reed swings shut again. Source: Internet

Initial voiceless stops, like the p in pie, are aspirated, with a palpable puff of air upon release, whereas a stop after an s, as in spy, is tenuis (unaspirated). Source: Internet

One should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with pin that one does not get with bin. Source: Internet

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