fume
noun
Often fumes any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature.
had fumed
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past perfectof fume.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Levein had fumed that a tabloid newspaper had printed details of his starting XI on Wednesday, on the basis that some form of treason had been committed.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010
In executive session behind closed doors, debate had fumed intermittently for more than a fortnight.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Stannis will be paying for them,” Salladhor Saan had fumed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
He had fumed and worried to such an extent that she had thought it really unnecessary, and wondered whoever could be of such importance to him.
From The Girls of St. Olave's by Mabel Mackintosh
After he had fumed enough at the manager, he began to be sorry for himself and fell into a tearful mood; but finally he made a resolution to work the next day.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
