as in to huff
to talk loudly and wildly she was embarrassed when her friend began fulminating at the restaurant about what's wrong with today's kids

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Recent Examples of fulminate In Europe and the U.S., far-right politicians fulminated that the West was under siege. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 The comments came as Trump loyalists have been fulminating against each other online for days over the H-1B visas. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024 At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 All the while, Trump continued to fulminate on the stump. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fulminate
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  • The bear growled, huffed and clacked her teeth — making sure her message of getting away from her cubs got across.
    Benjamin Alva Polley, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
  • In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer vacation.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
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  • Scouts raved about his physical, 6-foot-5 frame and his 98 mph fastball.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
  • In a statement in March, Rascal Flatts singer Gary LeVox raved about working with Backstreet Boys and other artists on the duets project.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025

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“Fulminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulminate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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