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harrumph
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har·rumph  (h-rmf)
intr.v. har·rumphed, har·rumph·ing, har·rumphs
1. To make a show of clearing one's throat.
2. To offer usually brief critical comments: harrumphed for a while over the proposal.
[Imitative.]
har·rumph n.


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We are determined to get the scourge of knife crime off our streets," harrumphed Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker, who just may be foolish enough to believe that disarming law-abiding people somehow reduces violent crime.
"Knife control" in England by The New American
One more opportunity for male satisfaction and female degradation in the name of adolescent sexual curiosity," harrumphed Baltimore Sun columnist Susan Reimer.
The great fellatio scare: is oral sex really the latest teen craze? by Young, Cathy / Reason
The Minister of Processing read the list, harrumphed in haughty concurrence, and efficiently passed the action down to the Officer-in-charge of Implementing New Knowledge, who asked where the tomes of validation were.
A risky fable by Ware, Alvin / Defense AT & L
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