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Collocations for fume - verb

ADVERB

inwardly, quietly, silently

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PREPOSITION

about, over
She was still quietly fuming about Peter's remarks.
at
We were all fuming at the delay.
with
She was fuming with rage.

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PHRASES

fuming mad (AmE)
Hurry up or else he'll be fuming mad.
be left fuming (BrE)
Motorists were left fuming as police closed the road for six hours.
be positively fuming
Tracy was positively fuming over the loss of her phone.
sit (there) fuming, stand (there) fuming
He sat fuming over what he had just learned.

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