How to Use fume in a Sentence

fume

1 of 2 noun
  • Turn on the kitchen fan to vent jalapeño fumes.
    — Jed Portman, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026
  • Beyond the fumes of tear gas grenades.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • My mother felt grit on her skin and the fumes gagged her.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • If birds are present in the home, move them to an area out of the range of any fumes.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Rogers could be in danger of running on fumes.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Are these fumes going to affect us?
    — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Smoke and fumes can be an issue, and the process may not remove all of the gunk.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The vent on the gas cap can be closed, so that fumes, or fuel, cannot escape.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The fumes and noise are a health hazard for the worker more than anyone else.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Idling trucks and freeway traffic kick up noxious fumes and dust.
    — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • Bleach mixed with anything but water can cause toxic fumes.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
  • My holiday ended in car horns and fumes.
    — Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The type or origin of the fumes in this incident were not confirmed.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Some people were consumed by flames, others succumbed to the fumes and smoke.
    — Elisa Neckar, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The days-long blaze created a mushroom cloud of deadly fumes that could be seen for miles.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Even the fumes coming from the gas container can ignite.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • What’s worse, chemical fumes can pose health risks and linger longer if your home is kept tightly locked at night.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Running on fumes But after more than four years of war, that well is running dry.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • Big rigs hogged streets and highways, waddling to and from the nearby fume-spewing port.
    — Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Pregnant people should take special care to avoid breathing in fumes.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 May 2026
  • But never mix bleach and vinegar, which will release toxic fumes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Our new living room, bright and fume-free, had an oblique view of the Twin Towers.
    — Deborah Copaken, The Atlantic, 25 July 2021
  • Vinegar is a fast, fume-free cleaner that cuts grease, smudges, and grime before guests arrive.
    — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 4 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • The snow accumulates into blocks of ice that turn grey from trash and passing car fumes.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
  • But no, he fumes, everybody has to share a salad and an entrée with someone else.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Add a range hood to keep odors and fumes at bay, while illuminating your cooking space.
    — Sarah Lloyd, Good Housekeeping, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The old vans rattled with every vibration of the motor, and the air smelled of diesel fumes.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Strong fumes, similar to those of a septic tank, were coming from the cistern.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Close the drain tightly with a plug to prevent chlorine fumes from escaping.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

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
  • Teamsters fumed as hundreds of trucks backed up outside the port.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Which teams accomplished their goals, and which left their fan bases fuming?
    — The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But that hasn’t stopped the cattle lobby from fuming.
    — Colin Meyn, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Investors may fume at Mr Woodford for his racy choice of stocks.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • Residents fume about the impact on prices.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The price at the pump this week in Florida may cause some drivers to fume.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2022
  • Many people stay and fume, or stay and resent, or stay and quietly quit.
    — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • No, fumes from Kilauea will not reverse the course of climate change.
    — Author: Scott Wilson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2018
  • Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Wilson fumed in silence for a few minutes as Adebayo drove.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Hanna fumed about how one of his neighbors responded to the flooding.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Although less active than Stromboli, the fuming crater still erupts from time to time.
    — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Indigenous men grieved but also fumed when women were attacked.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Thune fumed, going so far as to not yield the floor to a Democrat for a question during his remarks.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Riders crashed, team directors fumed, and according to Vacek, the race is no more.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Carr wasn't just fuming about the lack of a defensive interference call.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Others in the crowd began to fume as more reports of Taliban violence pinged on their phones.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Truckers are fuming over the nosebleed price of diesel that recently topped $5 a gallon.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The track finds Drake in a familiar register, still clearly fuming over the past year’s beef.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wahlberg is reported to have been fuming at his Oscars party on the set of Entourage.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Judges accustomed to having government lawyers comply with their orders have been left fuming.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026

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