How to Use buff in a Sentence

buff

1 of 3 noun

• He's such a film buff that he owns over 3,000 movies.
• And Jake did music, all kinds, was a movie buff, loved the movies.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
• For the movie buffs and popcorn lovers, the Popcorn Maker is a must-have.
  — Jose Ryller, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• For the fitness buff on your list, scoop up this dice set that will push them to their limits.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
• Hailey Bieber appears to be quite the movie buff this Halloween!
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• For the fitness buff, there’s a state-of-the-art gym and an adjacent spa with a massage room, a sauna, and a steam room.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
• But will the second chapter be able to expand its fanbase of sci-fi buffs?
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• For film buffs and red carpet watchers alike, there's no awards show night quite like the Oscars.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023
• For film buffs who cringe at the sight of so many sequels and remakes, Robbins says the quality is there.
  — J. Clara Chan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
• And for the beauty buffs of the bunch, its Cyber Monday blowout is finally here.
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
• And, for the history buffs: That Brentwood Bowl sign will stay out front or move indoors.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2023
• Some heroes have been given buffs, although none seem to be quite as big as the nerfs handed out.
  — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• But my very dead, beloved Chaos Reach is indeed also getting a buff.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• This one's great for musicians, dancers and even fitness buffs.
  — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Aviation buffs can see the jet in person before that, though.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2023
• Rail buffs often find the three-point turnaround at the outset to be one of the more unusual aspects of this 1 hour 45 minute trip.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• If your child is a theater buff, don’t miss a show at Shakespeare’s Globe, then stroll the Thames and see what adventures arise.
  — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
• For the film buff in your life, there are plenty of gift options that go beyond a ticket to the cinema.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
• If your loved one is a history buff, this is a great subscription gift for them.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
• For decades, Kirschenbaum was the doyenne of hard-core opera buffs who populated the standing-room sections at the Met.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• And so really anyone who cares about movie history, or is a film buff, this is the book for them.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• For any movie buffs, the 1950 movie Panic In The Streets does a great job presenting the fear that plague engenders and the urgent need to control it.
  — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The brightest individuals will have bright buff on the face and upper breast as the ground color.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• For safari buffs, few sights beat the great wildebeest migration.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
• Car enthusiasts will know his name and movie buffs will know his creations.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2023
• In 2018, The Times’ Steve Padilla wrote about her bones being found, and why the discovery was great for science but sad news for mystery buffs.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• The nice addition of stretch also comes in clutch for our buff, athletic testers who found it a godsend for on-the-move comfort.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
• History buffs will recognize the creek as the site of a pivotal battle that took place during the Civil War.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2024
• But Kimmel shamed him into doing it anyway, and the exceedingly buff and hairless Cena crab-walked sideways across the stage, his privates seemingly covered only by a large envelope.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
• Many silent films survive only on inferior 16-millimeter prints made by distributors or buffs or companies that catered to schools, prisons and other nontheatrical clients.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024

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buff

2 of 3 adjective

• She has the buff body of an athlete.
• He's at the gym every day trying to get buff.
• Then again, few of us are as buff as The Rock or as suave as James Bond.
  — Callum Borchers, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
• The buff four-banger is hooked to a nine-speed automatic in place of the 2022 model's seven-speed.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2022
• Their head, back and upper wings are a mix of buff and gray, while their face, body and underwings are white.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2021
• What a buff move for a man who has had a pretty amazing 2020, despite the pandemic.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
• But most of the attention has come from other boys on TikTok looking to get buff.
  — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• The company’s logo is a silhouette of a buff runner holding a wine glass in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
• Then, tap or brush off any excess powder (many kits include a buff brush) and repeat the process to ensure an even coat.
  — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 22 Dec. 2022
• All the women were thin, all the men were buff, and everybody was always touching each other.
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
• Turns out the young man in the pool with whom Portia locked eyes that night was Quentin’s nephew, Jack, a buff English lad brimming with naïve confidence.
  — Donna Bowman, Chron, 20 Nov. 2022
• While the defense looks buff with its bevy of playmakers, the bigger questions are with the offensive unit that used to carry the team.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2020
• Barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons and all types of bantams set well.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022
• My partners played with them on a mix of urban streets and buff mountain trails in their respective desert and high-mountain locales.
  — Peter Koch, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
• And fittingly for the role, Hemsworth getting extremely buff.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• Sorry to be blunt, but is a guy whose buff photos are highlighted on TMZ going to be looking for love on Facebook?
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2020
• And all of the figures have festive treatments like this; the range trooper is in a buff Santa suit, the clone trooper gets red body armor and the snowtrooper gets a Santa-themed helmet.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
• And in this moment, at 47 years old, Hahn is finally hitting a career zenith in a genre dominated by buff dudes named Chris.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 5 Mar. 2021
• The visible vying carried over offscreen to which actor had the buffest body in the movie's mostly shirtless, now legendary beach volleyball game.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 13 May 2020
• Ken in his ab-baring, fringed green jacket, chilling with his equally buff pals in Barbie’s all-pink-everything dream universe.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
• Many animals compensate for puny muscles with speed, but muscles—even in the buffest bodybuilder—can only contract so fast.
  — National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2016
• The depictions may even parallel art decorating Kushan coins, which also feature the buff bovines.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2020
• Animal: Marvolo, 3-year-old, 8-pound, female, domestic short hair cat with a buff and white tabby coat..
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2022
• And here’s the real naked truth about nude art modeling: Most models do not look like buff male athletes that leaped off a Grecian urn or come-hither maidens that sauntered off a Renaissance canvas.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2022
• Although one buff computer programmer, scouted off the street to model a few days before the opening, wore a red visor and ribbed tank—a sensitive meathead aesthetic plucked from the year 2000.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2022
• Aspen’s mountain biking trails include flowing, buff dirt and technical climbs and descents.
  — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2021
• Trimming the losers while moving funds into defensive or hedging positions can reduce losses and even buff returns.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• Wahlberg often shows off his buff body on Instagram, especially after starting F45 training — a fitness franchise that began in Australia and that the actor is an investor in.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• But in a cheeky (and provocative, especially for the time) twist ending that surely delighted her gay fanbase, the newly buff gentlemen leave together instead of hearing ONJ's body talk.
  — Billboard, 29 July 2021
• This year’s event was relatively subdued, more of an informal, spontaneous gathering with just a few in-the-buff cyclists joining the families, lookie-loos and plunge participants on the beach before noon.
  — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 1 Jan. 2021

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buff

3 of 3 verb

• The floors are waxed and buffed every year.
• She is going to the salon to get her nails buffed.
• Be sure to buff around the ankles and heels and between the toes.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2022
• What about the people who buff the Bay Bridge to a shine?
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2022
• The next morning, wipe off the excess and buff the oils out.
  — Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 28 Dec. 2020
• First buff the shine off the nail polish with a nail file.
  — Danielle James, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2021
• Rinse in warm water and buff with a clean, dry cloth to shine.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 21 Jan. 2021
• This can help buff away some of the dead skin and smooth the surface safely.
  — Isadora Baum, SELF, 5 Mar. 2019
• The star sprayed a small amount of the product on a paper towel and buffed at the lines.
  — Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com, 29 May 2018
• Use a clean block eraser to buff out small scuffs and marks.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Dec. 2021
• File your nails to your preferred shape and buff your nails.
  — Danielle James, Good Housekeeping, 6 Aug. 2021
• Then, let your screen air dry and buff again with a microfiber cloth.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2022
• Want to learn to change your oil or buff out scratches in your new paint job?
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 20 Aug. 2021
• Apply a thin coat and rub it in with a microfiber cloth and then buff it.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2018
• Where the Pixel 2 looked rough around the edges, the Pixel 3 has been buffed to a brilliant shine.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2018
• Its edge got buffed down, as did some of its creative panache.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019
• Make sure your nails are dry and buff each one so the press-ons have a smooth surface to adhere to.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
• Bend sits on the dry side of the Cascade Range, so the powder is fluffy during the cold months and the trails are buff in the warm ones.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2022
• These Egyptian loofah sponges buff away dead skin for a much smoother feel.
  — Jamie Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2022
• For a shiny finish, leave it to cure overnight and then buff it into a high sheen.
  — Kelly Dawson, House Beautiful, 29 May 2019
• On bout days, skaters arrive starting at 9 a.m. to buff the floors and mark the track with neon tape.
  — al, 12 Nov. 2019
• To bring back a lustrous shine, buff the tiles with a dry cotton cloth.
  — Halee Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
• Wipe clean, apply a stainless steel polish to the area and buff to blend.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2022
• The point of this change isn’t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Her cheeks were sculpted with contour and buffed with a pink blush.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 22 Sep. 2023
• First, buff away dull skin cells and unclog pores with the Bamboo Pre-Shave Scrub.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• An emory board nail file ($2, Target) can also help lift the nap and buff out stains.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2021
• Then, use your finger to buff it out towards the center of your lips.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 June 2021
• Magic Eraser–style sponges help to buff out tougher stains and scuff marks.
  — Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 6 Apr. 2021
• The bristles are durable and flexible, and don’t shed when buffing out the foundation.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024