How to Use fume in a Sentence

fume

1 of 2 noun
Definition of fumenext
Synonyms for fumenext
  • Twice this season, the 49ers looked to be running on fumes.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The vent on the gas cap can be closed, so that fumes, or fuel, cannot escape.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Our new living room, bright and fume-free, had an oblique view of the Twin Towers.
    — Deborah Copaken, The Atlantic, 25 July 2021
  • The fumes and noise are a health hazard for the worker more than anyone else.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The air within the greenhouse was rank with exhaust fumes.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • That translated to about five fume events a day in the U.S. in the era before the coronavirus.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Drains aren’t the only way for fumes to enter a building.
    — USA Today, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Scores of livestock and other animals have died in the weeks since the toxic fumes spread through the small town.
    — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Big rigs hogged streets and highways, waddling to and from the nearby fume-spewing port.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The Saraland defense had every right to be running on fumes late in the game.
    — Randy Kennedy, al, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Rupp sealed up some female flowers in fume-tight oven bags, pumped the volatiles into glass vials, and brought the samples back to the lab.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 3 June 2021
  • The woman was cleaning the back of a tanker when fumes caused her to lose consciousness, Norman said.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The days-long blaze created a mushroom cloud of deadly fumes that could be seen for miles.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • If love is a smoke made out of the fume of sighs, what kind of love makes a powerful, massive smoke monster?
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
  • Some people were consumed by flames, others succumbed to the fumes and smoke.
    — Elisa Neckar, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Biden is telling voters that the numbers point to a brighter future, while Trump says the gains are merely the fumes of his time in office.
    — Fatima Hussein and Josh Boak, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The trick was to drop the bomb into the hole and then cover the opening with dirt so the noxious fumes would asphyxiate the groundhog.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Unlike Connors, who was pretty much running on fumes in the last big run of his career, Djokovic is still at the top of the sport.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • It was put out quickly and did not spread to the rest of the building, yet produced a vast quantity of toxic fumes.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 7 July 2023
  • The aroma of chicken broth soon fills the air, a ribbon of goodness twisting its way through the stench of trash and car fumes and feces.
    — Michelle García, Bon Appétit, 13 Feb. 2020
  • But with the pits now closed down and the mining economy collapsed, the people in TJ’s pub are living on fumes.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • Strong fumes, similar to those of a septic tank, were coming from the cistern.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Idling trucks and freeway traffic kick up noxious fumes and dust.
    — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • The Navy has agreed to pay Tustin $11 million toward the cleaning and repairs from the damage caused when fumes and debris from the fire drifted through the city.
    — Roberto Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The menu includes tasty meals like a flounder and oyster dish with fume blac, green apple, potato, bock choy and turnips.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Sep. 2022
  • On a sunny day last July, thick fumes poured into the sky over Shahid Square in central Kabul.
    — Dan Xin Huang, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Many are formulated for reduced fumes or to be fume-free.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2022
  • Cured-in-place pipe repair projects are everywhere in the United States, but noxious fumes from the project can pose health hazards.
    — USA Today, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Inhaling carbon monoxide fumes prevents the body from using oxygen properly, which can harm organs, including the brain and heart.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Funnels are essentially used as smokestacks or chimneys to expel fumes and engine exhaust.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
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fume

2 of 2 verb
  • The volcano was fuming thick black smoke.
  • We sat there waiting for him, fuming with anger at the delay.
  • She's still fuming about not being invited to the party.
  • The Suns used to fume when losing once, let alone two games in a row.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The price at the pump this week in Florida may cause some drivers to fume.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • There was no place to pass, and Cy, who isn’t known for patience, fretted and fumed.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • No, fumes from Kilauea will not reverse the course of climate change.
    — Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2018
  • Investors may fume at Mr Woodford for his racy choice of stocks.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • Teamsters fumed as hundreds of trucks backed up outside the port.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The paused protesters spun and ran again, smoke fumes licking at their backs.
    — Alice Su, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
  • When the pictures emerged, it was seen as something of a troll of Trump by the Russians and White House aides were fuming.
    — Z. Byron Wolf, CNN, 14 June 2018
  • With a full week to fume about the Iowa loss, the Gophers will take out their frustrations on the Wildcats, who are 2-8 against the spread this season.
    — Johnny Parlay, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Guy was fuming after the game over missed calls and made calls by officials.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 14 July 2019
  • Minutes later my dad walked up to my mom, who was fuming.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Although less active than Stromboli, the fuming crater still erupts from time to time.
    — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The chimney is fuming, and screams and laughter can be heard from the back of the house, where parents and children are sledding down a hill.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Many people stay and fume, or stay and resent, or stay and quietly quit.
    — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Yeah, Dodger fans still fuming over Dave Roberts could now have a kindred spirit down the freeway.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Redick still fuming that McConnell opened up to the strong side corner, taking away Redick’s flare cut.
    — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
  • Beckham, who flung his helmet to the Browns’ trainer, was fuming on the sideline while Mayfield faced a third and 5.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Hanna fumed about how one of his neighbors responded to the flooding.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • And of course there is a jump to the point in time when all the wrongdoing comes to light, with scenes of flashing police sirens and children fuming at parents.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The back-door alley entrance of the SEC headquarters is where people go to smoke, and sometimes also maybe to fume.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Others in the crowd began to fume as more reports of Taliban violence pinged on their phones.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
  • And many fans who have tuned into the weekend sporting event for years were fuming about Underwood’s new tune.
    — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2018
  • But the replay review buzz never came, leaving the All-Pro linebacker to fume in the locker room after a gutting 20-17 loss.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2019
  • To this day, Khan and his allies fume over the deep state intrigues — and alleged U.S. interference — that drove him from power.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Carr wasn't just fuming about the lack of a defensive interference call.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Sinclair said the crowd — some of whom had traveled even farther, from England or northern Scotland — was fuming.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Dan Campbell is still probably fuming at how his team lost to the Dallas Cowboys on the controversial referee call.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024

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