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

As some residents fumed about the restrictions, they asked why managers of Las Virgenes weren’t taking a hard look at desalination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Her husband, Paul Quattlebaum, fumed, “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.”

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Moscow later fumed that this had led to the fall of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“How can you stand it?” she fumed to a redheaded sailor who was taking advantage of the windless hours to give the carved dolphin at the prow a fresh coat of paint.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare