fumed

Example Sentences

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"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

"We don't actually seem to be doing anything at the moment," one MP fumed last week.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Meanwhile, a customer fumed that she was going to be late for work at the port: Her car key was in the pocket of the man ICE had taken away.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

Heck!” fumed Aunt Kitty one brisk March afternoon when I returned from feeding the orange tomcat outside Mrs. Wigginbottom’s kitchen.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan