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
She had fumed and fussed and puttered and toiled over the care of these four rooms for so long that it seemed unbelievable that her place might be vacated even for a day.
From Sisters by Kathleen Thompson Norris
Mr. Bartlett, the passenger, had been on time and had fumed and fretted at the delay.
From The Depot Master by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
