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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of fulminate.

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Examples

  • Agamemnon, jumping upon the piazza at the same moment, trod upon the paper parcel, which exploded at once with the shock, and he fell to the ground, while at the same moment the paste "fulminated" into a blue flame directly in front of

    The Peterkin Papers 1860

  • "fulminated" into a blue flame directly in front of Mrs. Peterkin!

    The Peterkin Papers Lucretia Peabody 1886

  • In a debate with Hitchens a few years ago, the journalist Chris Hedges made the point that Hitchens fulminated against the irrational without admitting the existence of the non-rational.

    Roger Housden: Hitchens: Arch-Fundamentalist? Roger Housden 2011

  • No one I met fulminated about loss of economic sovereignty or that S&P, whose purblind approval of junk mortgage debt as triple A was one of the causes of the financial crisis, had finally over-reached itself.

    The United States faces a crisis not seen since the Depression | Will Hutton 2011

  • Of course, the Tea Party began its life with a well-staged rant by an established media figure -- CNBC's Rick Santelli who, in February 2009, fulminated on air and in front of cheering commodities traders that the "losers" who couldn't pay their mortgages shouldn't be bailed out by America's taxpayers.

    Jonathan Weiler: The Media and the Five Stages of Grief Over Occupy Wall Street Jonathan Weiler 2011

  • In a debate with Hitchens a few years ago, the journalist Chris Hedges made the point that Hitchens fulminated against the irrational without admitting the existence of the non-rational.

    Roger Housden: Hitchens: Arch-Fundamentalist? Roger Housden 2011

  • While some on the Left fulminated against the eventual deal, it was nothing compared to what some of the Tea Partiers were saying about it.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone? Chris Weigant 2011

  • In a debate with Hitchens a few years ago, the journalist Chris Hedges made the point that Hitchens fulminated against the irrational without admitting the existence of the non-rational.

    Roger Housden: Hitchens: Arch-Fundamentalist? Roger Housden 2011

  • While some on the Left fulminated against the eventual deal, it was nothing compared to what some of the Tea Partiers were saying about it.

    Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone? Chris Weigant 2011

  • In a debate with Hitchens a few years ago, the journalist Chris Hedges made the point that Hitchens fulminated against the irrational without admitting the existence of the non-rational.

    Roger Housden: Hitchens: Arch-Fundamentalist? Roger Housden 2011

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