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Examples
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The reasons speak for themselves, though the British public, in its apathy, will hurrumph a few times and then wander off aimlessly.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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They hurrumph that such opinions have no business in a food blog.
Hail to the Chef ladygoat 2005
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Dag nab kids these days have no concept.... hurrumph harrumph!
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I did one of my own and the response was, hurrumph
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The worst thing is that now that he's doing straight porn all the new pictures of him involve naked women ... hurrumph!
British Blogs 2008
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My husband has a fit, because, hurrumph, hurrumph, Fox Terriers were originally from Ireland, as everyone must know, and Ireland is NOT part of the British Isles
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I’ve seen parents go completely out-of-control, and yet I’ve been the one completely frazzled in public before, too (and instead of helping, people hurrumph about how terrible a mother I am, or how my children are brats.)
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