Meaning of Fuming | Babel Free

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The act of one who fumes or shows suppressed anger.

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“He fumed, and threatened, and stormed; but his fumings, and threatenings, and stormings, were powerless to turn⟳ from him the keen edge of public ridicule.”

“Evaporate, fume again, cool and wash⟳ down the sides of the beaker and watch⟳ glass, and then fume again. Your fumings are necessary to remove⟳ the cupferron decomposition products and nitric acid from the solution.”

“And endlessly you'd read⟳ his fumings against the running dogs of capitalism, against the lackeys and the lumpen — and against you for being unable to collect⟳ a bill from his debtor.”

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