fume over

Frequency: 7.05.2 per million words

To show anger about a particular subject or event.

fumefume + PREPOSITION

Categories:

over

Examples (10)

  • Tracy was positively fuming over the loss of her phone.
  • He sat fuming over what he had just learned.
  • I fumed over the unfair grade all weekend.
  • Why are you fuming over a rumor that isn’t even true?
  • The coach is still fuming over last night’s referee call.
  • Shareholders are fuming over the delayed report.
  • She stood there, fuming over the broken promise.
  • Don’t fume over minor mistakes; fix them.
  • The city fumed over the sudden transit strike.
  • By Monday morning, he had stopped fuming over the leak and moved on.