fumed

Example Sentences

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“I want ammunition, too, but I wouldn’t come in and pick your pocket for it,” fumed local resident Lesa Butner, 61, a retired police officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Then, at the regular Senate Republican Conference lunch on Aug. 6, 1974, Goldwater fumed, “There are only so many lies you can take, and now there has been one too many.”

From Salon • May 8, 2026

"The club and myself lost big tonight, it's unacceptable," fumed La Rochelle's head coach Ronan O'Gara, a two-time Champions Cup winner with Munster as a fly-half.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

The play earned O’Neill his second Pulitzer Prize for drama, but he fumed at the way critics accused him of copping out with what seemed to them a happy ending.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

You fumed while waiting for another train, but one came along eventually.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon