One was just finishing his breakfast, quarrelling with his bread and butter, and huffing the waiter; another buttoned on a pair of gaiters, with many execrations at Boots for not having cleaned his shoes well; a third sat drumming on the table with his fingers, and looking at the rain as it streamed down the window-glass; they all appeared infected by the weather, and disappeared, one after the other, without exchanging a word.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Fierce gusts scattered the ashes of his fire and fluttered the walls of his tent as though some strong-lunged giant were huffing and puffing to blow his house down.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair
I saw the old engine huffing and puffing at the hill beyond the third crossing of the Winnowoc.
"The Reclaimers"
Margaret Hill McCarter