fulminate
verb (used without object)
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
had been fulminating
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past perfect progressiveof fulminate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Norman Schryhart, who, through his publisher, had been fulminating defensively against Cowperwood, stared solemnly at Mr. Ricketts when they met.
From The Titan by Theodore Dreiser
