- present participle of fume.
fuming
Example Sentences
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The Rams figure to be locked-in and fuming after an embarrassing opener in Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
And he sure did, fuming at her publicly and privately for several days in a row.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
"I didn't stand a chance at all," he said, adding that the nans were "fuming" at first, but the situation quickly softened.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
As we drove home, we were both fuming.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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