"Excuse me?" vs She fumed.

These two phrases are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. "Excuse me?" is used to politely ask for someone's attention or to express surprise, while "she fumed" describes someone being extremely angry or irritated. They are both correct in their respective contexts.

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"Excuse me?"

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to politely ask for someone's attention or to express surprise.

This phrase is used to politely ask for someone's attention, to express surprise, or to seek clarification in a conversation.

Examples:

Excuse me? Could you repeat that, please?
Excuse me? I think you dropped your wallet.
Excuse me? I didn't catch your name.

She fumed.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe someone being extremely angry or irritated.

This phrase is used to vividly describe someone's intense anger or irritation in a situation.

Examples:

She fumed when she found out about the mistake.
He could see her fuming as she read the email.
After the argument, she was fuming with anger.

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she fumed. See related entries: Anger; 2[intransitive] to produce smoke or fumes; Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French fumer (verb), from Latin ...
He was amused and she fumed, her emotions scattered by his mere presence. Anyone would have known that tub of lard wasn't Byrne, Hunter fumed as he ...
... day of activity or when you hammer the back side of some bar slut. Dammm I was knocking the botton out of her and she fumed me! by J.F. February 12, 2003.
2 to express one's anger usually violently <when she found out her driver's license was being suspended, she fumed, throwing papers across the room and ...

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