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• My teacher had a go at me earlier, just for missing one sodding homework. I was fuming.From the entry have a go
• We were running on fumes by the time we arrived, but we made it to the next gas station.From the entry run on fumes
• The organization had been running on fumes for months, so it's not surprising that they closed their doors.From the entry run on fumes
• He was fuming over his non-selection for the team.From the entry non-selection
• They were later found unconscious, having been overcome by the fumes.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51. From the entry overcome
• “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.2025 October 27, Russell Berman, quoting Donald Trump, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original…. From the entry prop
• Her smiling equipoise is a statement of self-confident power against his sour fuming.2024 September 12, David Brooks, “How a Cultural Shift Favors Harris”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry equipoise
• Or maybe the delicious (but probably toxic) fumes from the crispitos had overloaded my brain.2016 04, Noa Gavin, Nick Scott, Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory: A Novel, Inkshares, →ISBN. From the entry crispito
• Mix thoroughly using a whirlimixer for 2–3 min in the fume cupboard.2013, Raman Mistry, Manual of Nuclear Medicine Procedures, page 62. From the entry fume cupboard
• He always seemed angry and needlessly rough with his work as he fumed and fault-found.2012, Charles Elford, Black Mahler. From the entry faultfind
• The glass was close enough that the alcohol fumes knifed up her nostrils.2012, Kathleen O'Brien, For The Love Of Family. From the entry knife up
• When tobacco became available, many gong scourers adopted smoking, just to keep away the fumes.2011, Mark Leigh, The Loo Companion: Are You Sitting Comfortably?, Michael O'Mara Books. From the entry gong scourer
• Wind, cold, wet, exhaust fumes, and industrial pollution are of no consequence.2001, Sybille Engels, Basic Gardening: Everything You Need to Make Your Garden Grow, Silverback Books, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry tough cookie
• Caution: TBCS is harmful, and this procedure should be carried out in a fume hood.1995, Heddwyn Jones, Plant Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 328, →ISBN. From the entry salinize
• Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.1981, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “The Niger”, in Water Music, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, →ISBN; republished London: Granta Books…. From the entry caliginous
• Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.1977 December 31, “One Person Dies in Castro Baths Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 3. From the entry polyurethane
• The fumes of alcohol mingle with the sweet acrid smoke of marihuana cigarettes.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 94. From the entry marihuana
• Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.1959, Gardeners' Chronicle, Horticultural Trade Journal. From the entry insecticidal
• Margot would plant smoke-bombs in Kuno’s bedroom and then rush in to rescue him from the fumes.1935, Christopher Isherwood, chapter 13, in Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, published 1942, page 147. From the entry smoke bomb
• One sees the gut fouled, the fish torn, the fish lost, and the angler fume.1930, W. F. R. Reynolds, Fly and Minnow: Common Problems of Trout and Salmon Fishing. From the entry gaffing
• The thick fumes resulting from their explosion between the lines would cover our advance.1916, Patrick MacGill, chapter 3, in The Great Push: An Episode of the Great War, London: Herbert Jenkins, page 48. From the entry smoke bomb
• At last the soporiferous fumes of the wine lulled him into a gentle repose.1910, Various, International Short Stories= French. From the entry soporiferous
• Being harder than iron, manganese is often used to strengthen steel and is present in many industrial emissions, including welding fumes.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021. From the entry manganese
• When a breeze catches fumes rising from a crack in the septic and hoo-ee we say who was that.2014 February 10, Steve Scafidi, The Cabinetmaker's Window: Poems, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry hoo-ee
• I pursed my lips and blew a kiss out into the New York air to mingle with the cab fumes.2008, Bella Vendramini, Biting the Big Apple, Sydney, N.S.W.: Hachette Livre Australia, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 314. From the entry so long, and thanks for all the fish
• Nights fume city-like and blow autumnly from cold roofs.2006, Benjamin Harshav, Barbara Harshav, Sing, Stranger. From the entry autumnly
• I was so tired that potholes, fumes and noise aside, I slept regardless, my head rag-dolling from side to side.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 86. From the entry pothole
• New cars are filled with new car toxic fumes.2004, Lindsay Price, Competition Monologues. From the entry new-car smell
• Allow the fumes to disperse, before removing the pipets.1995, Heddwyn Jones, Plant Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols, Humana Press, →ISBN, page 328, →ISBN. From the entry salinize
• Leo fumed, “I kid you not, I’m hot to kill.1994, Patricia Morley, “Montreal Again: Running for the Last Train, 1976–86”, in As Though Life Mattered: Leo Kennedy’s Story, Montreal…. From the entry daffodilly
• While I listen I sniff in the cordite fumes.1977, J. M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country, Penguin, published 1982, page 61. From the entry ironstone
• Make the "nose test" sniffing for fumes, before starting engines.1975 June 30, Bob Bender, “Safety Checklist While Boating”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 07 Feb 2009. From the entry nose test
• Evaporate, fume again, cool and wash down the sides of the beaker and watch glass, and then fume again.1949, New Brunswick Laboratory, Assayer's Guide. From the entry fuming
• As the door slammed Pete turned to Hally, fuming.1940, Woman's Home Companion, volume 67, numbers 1-4, page 134. From the entry tie
• The one glance I cast behind me showed the gap in the hills choked with fumes and dust.1916, John Buchan, Greenmantle. From the entry rafale
• Then Rublev was left fuming when the opening point of the next game had to be replayed after his shot was called wide.2023 November 15, Kevin Core, “Rublev bloodies himself with his racket in frustration during loss to Alcaraz at ATP Finals”, in Seattle…. From the entry fuming

Meaning of fume

1. noun A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
2. noun A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
3. noun Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.

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Questions about fume in a sentence

How do you use fume in a sentence?

Fume is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.”

What is a short sentence with fume?

“Allow the fumes to disperse, before removing the pipets.”

What does fume mean?

Fume means a gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.