adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
puffy (= swollen because you are ill or upset )
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The girl's eyes were puffy and full of tears.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She answered the door, her eyes still puffy from crying.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was up on the podium, still a bit pale and puffy , but recovering gamely from her suicide.
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Her eyes were puffy and pinkish and her pallid skin gleamed with sweat.
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In the thin atmosphere, faces became puffy , eyes almost disappeared and some people's sight was affected.
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She controlled herself sternly, forcing her face into a puffy obstinate shape.
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She had on a puffy sweater and tight jeans.
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The cabins looked like puffy cinnamon buns, with their icing-white roofs.
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The tissues, especially around the torso, looked puffy and bloated as the cells within decayed into methane and other gases.
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They were piggy-eyed and their hair was messed up, the women looking worse than the men, puffy and tired-looking.