Before the ghost walked he was an elementary hero; one puff of action would have Whiffed away his melancholy.
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They laughed in secret over the mishaps and perils; they Whiffed and enjoyed the spice that filled the atmosphere in which they lived.
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Meanwhile, the tides were bearing St. Piran and his millstone out into the Atlantic, and he Whiffed for mackerel all the way.
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