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Levein had fumed that a tabloid newspaper had printed details of his starting XI on Wednesday, on the basis that some form of treason had been committed.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2010

In executive session behind closed doors, debate had fumed intermittently for more than a fortnight.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Stannis will be paying for them,” Salladhor Saan had fumed.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

If the captain had fumed and fretted, and wondered why we could not have a wind, very likely we should have felt ill-natured and looked cross too, and have had a very unpleasant time.

From Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California by Anderson, Mary E. (Mary Evarts)

After I had fumed until I wanted a change, it occurred to me that I might as well hunt up Clark Oliver by way of passing the time.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)