fume
noun
Often fumes any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature.
are fuming
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present progressiveof fume.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When the bigwigs are fuming about Apple’s call-screening feature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
Pacific Palisades residents are fuming at City Hall for not moving quicker on several priorities, including replacing the Palisades Branch Library, which burned in the January fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
In the message, Mrs Vardy told Ms Watt "the lads are fuming" - referring to Mr Mahrez's teammates - about his absence from training.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
With over half a million COVID-19 deaths, Brazilians are fuming over missed opportunities to buy vaccines.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2021
Seemingly it is not so much the missionaries as the converted Indians, that the renegades are fuming over.
From The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey
