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 At the time, even Carter's fellow Democrats fulminated against his incompetence. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 When Reagan fulminated against the Soviet Union, his aides, fearing nuclear war, challenged him. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 But instead of cheering in paradise, there would be fulminating in Fairfax, Va. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 For two years, the state quietly investigated the matter while Villanueva fulminated about it at seemingly every opportunity. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fulminate

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“Fulminate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fulminate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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