harrumphing

I notice that the publisher of A Million Little Pieces, while ostensibly sticking by the embattled James Frey, is starting to cover its own ass, as in harrumphing that Frey "represented to us that his version of events was true to his recollections."

Archive 2006-01-01 Roger Sutton 2006

I notice that the publisher of A Million Little Pieces, while ostensibly sticking by the embattled James Frey, is starting to cover its own ass, as in harrumphing that Frey "represented to us that his version of events was true to his recollections."

Step away Roger Sutton 2006

PPTV works through anonymous snobbery, internet investigations, lounging on Wednesdays, boutique "harrumphing", "working" with cleats on, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

The Cruelty of Fate: Victimized Velos BikeSnobNYC 2009

I'd think if this was such a balanced situation ( "both sides 'eagerness"), Andy could have provided at least one link to the "harrumphing" that's making him so queasy.

Greg Saunders: "Playing Politics" With Predatorgate 2008

I can just imagine the pissed up faces in the marquees on the river terraces at the HOC, all drinking our taxes and 'harrumphing' at the noise coming from a very slow barge full of indignant citizens, belting out amplified noise and complaint!

Speaker Changes Route of Justice for England March 2007

My 'harrumphing' comment earlier was solely around my impression of diktats from on high changing goalposts on squadron identity, which I think is vital in giving a sense of belonging which soldiers (rather than officers) who never move between squadrons need - if I am wrong, I dont have a problem with withdrawing it - (see above).

Army Rumour Service 2010

Not to worry: staffers are proving their mettle with some nifty major league hemming and hawing and harrumphing and walking back that statement faster than a toddler can spit milk through his nose.

Will Durst: Mr. Nuzzle & Muzzle Will Durst 2011

Small, roll-up curtains reveal four colorful rooms behind the facade, one each for the preening stepsisters Clorinda and Tisbe downstairs, and two upstairs for their harrumphing father Don Magnifico, the down-at-heel Baron of Montefiascone, while sweet and sprightly Angelina gets the cinders and the scullery in the middle.

'La Cenerentola' Sparkles on the Paris Stage Judy Fayard 2011

There was Marx and Engels harrumphing in the background; the legacy of the Six Day War; the Falklands; Rhodesia/Zimbabwe to be discussed; and, eventually, the rise of Big Bad Maggie Thatcher and Britain's brief conservative interlude.

Ashley Rindsberg: On Hitchens Ashley Rindsberg 2011

Not to worry: staffers are proving their mettle with some nifty major league hemming and hawing and harrumphing and walking back that statement faster than a toddler can spit milk through his nose.

Will Durst: Mr. Nuzzle & Muzzle Will Durst 2011