fume
noun
Often fumes any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature.
had been fuming
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past perfect progressiveof fume.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Bathers at the edge of the water watched smoke drifting from the Geldingadalir eruption, which had been fuming and flowing for months.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
All day long she had been fuming at Izzy, both internally and aloud.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
“Mercy 1” exclaimed Edna, who had been fuming.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
He was also furious that although President Nixon had said he’d be invited to the White House in 1972, the invitation never arrived; Bobby had been fuming about it for two decades.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
"Any news of Inez?" asked Lockwood who had been fuming with impatience.
From Gold of the Gods by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
