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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Plenty of Los Angeles mayors have fumed about their coverage in this newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
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
I have exerted myself to over-reach people, and have fumed because others all but succeeded in over-reaching me.
From Thyrza by George Gissing
