- present tense form of fume (3rd person singular).
fumes
Example Sentences
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The country's coast guard says more bodies remain on the boat, which they were unable to board until Friday due to toxic fumes and lingering heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Air quality regulators said that during the sanitation process this week, Lineage will need to maintain negative air pressure and keep air pollution equipment running to help mitigate fumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, a senior who works as a public-health scientist, called a plumber when she started feeling sick from fumes in her Washington, D.C., home—a smell she described as “like feces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Another clear indication of a franchise running on fumes is that its most appealing element is now increasingly convoluted and tedious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The billowing clouds of Mordor were being driven back, their edges tattering as a wind out of the living world came up and swept the fumes and smokes towards the dark land of their home.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
