harrumph
verb
har·rumph
hə-ˈrəm(p)f 
harrumphed; harrumphing; harrumphs
: to utter (a comment) disapprovingly
harrumph
noun
Examples of harrumph in a Sentence
“These charges are absurd,” he harrumphed.
They stood around harrumphing about the current state of politics.
Recent Examples on the Web
Churchill harrumphs silently in another corner of the garden.
—
Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
That number started dropping in the 1980s and has fallen since, prompting old-timers to harrumph at what slackers these lazy kids are.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2021
That’s why the person harrumphing new usage quickly becomes the one sounding uneducated.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
Jenkins suggests that this was disingenuous, and that old Charles had reasons for harrumphing away what young Charles may have absorbed in Edinburgh.
—David Quammen, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020
Bobbie Bell is delightful as Scrooge — snarling, bristling and just generally harrumphing with flair.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2019
This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop.
—Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2019
The style was jarringly different, and some old-school critics harrumphed.
—Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
By the 1930s the grande dame was already becoming an archetype—the stock character duchess harrumphing through Agatha Christie mysteries and screwball comedies, clinging to a bygone era.
—Sadie Stein, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2016
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Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
That number started dropping in the 1980s and has fallen since, prompting old-timers to harrumph at what slackers these lazy kids are.
—Washington Post, 28 June 2021
That’s why the person harrumphing new usage quickly becomes the one sounding uneducated.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
Jenkins suggests that this was disingenuous, and that old Charles had reasons for harrumphing away what young Charles may have absorbed in Edinburgh.
—David Quammen, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020
Bobbie Bell is delightful as Scrooge — snarling, bristling and just generally harrumphing with flair.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2019
This also gives me a chance to harrumph at the dad for using his wife as a prop.
—Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2019
The style was jarringly different, and some old-school critics harrumphed.
—Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
By the 1930s the grande dame was already becoming an archetype—the stock character duchess harrumphing through Agatha Christie mysteries and screwball comedies, clinging to a bygone era.
—Sadie Stein, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2016
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“Harrumph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harrumph. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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