fume
noun
Often fumes any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature.
have fumed
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present perfectof fume.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nonvoting B-class shareholders have fumed over the terms of the Skydance deal, concluding that it would bestow Redstone with a rich premium at the expense of other shareholders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
And so, he may have fumed, to hell with his old allegiances and pleasures.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2020
If Mitch Jordan's new BMW had suffered a hit-and-run accident eight months ago, the venture capitalist owner near Pasadena, California, would have fumed.
From US News ● Aug. 11, 2016
There are many top-shelf coaches who have fumed silently as the N.C.A.A. has humiliated and unjustly punished their players.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2015
"You are wrong, Professor; I have not intentionally played pranks on you—" "Yes you have—yes you have," fumed the Professor.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks Or, the Secret of Ruby Mountain by Frank Gee Patchin
