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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At the same time, some residents are fuming that, despite the undergrounding work, most of the town’s neighborhoods still will have overhead telecommunications lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
When the bigwigs are fuming about Apple’s call-screening feature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
"He has played with anger. I have been here, you are fuming and want to knock the manager's door down. He channelled that in the right way," Redknapp added.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
But students are threatening to walk out in protest, and some educators are fuming after yesterday's announcement.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
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
