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
Yet the government’s response in all of these cases is uniform: Denounce, fulminate, exaggerate.
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Kent ends the episode fulminating against Madix’s alleged diva behavior in refusing to comply with producers for the sake of their jobs.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 21 May 2024
There are other publications that may have pounded the table harder or fulminated more, but none that have been as credible, informative, and incisive as NR.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 4 June 2024
In it, the president ranged broadly, zipping back and forth between telling stories, spouting political diatribes, singing songs from his childhood, phoning Fidel Castro, broadcasting from Moscow, and fulminating against enemies real and imagined.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Kent ends the episode fulminating against Madix’s alleged diva behavior in refusing to comply with producers for the sake of their jobs.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 21 May 2024
There are other publications that may have pounded the table harder or fulminated more, but none that have been as credible, informative, and incisive as NR.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 4 June 2024
In it, the president ranged broadly, zipping back and forth between telling stories, spouting political diatribes, singing songs from his childhood, phoning Fidel Castro, broadcasting from Moscow, and fulminating against enemies real and imagined.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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“Fulminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulminate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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