- present tense form of fume (3rd person singular).
fumes
Example Sentences
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The fumes gave her headaches, nausea and breathing trouble, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She works mostly under a hood, which vents the chemical and fecal fumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Families live and work under the same roof, often separated from mountains of waste by little more than a staircase or curtain, exposing them to foul odours, plastic fumes and other health risks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Oshea Orchid, a local lawyer, filed the first class-action lawsuit in 2023 against the operators of the county’s second-largest landfill, alleging the fumes were sickening her neighbors, causing headaches and heart palpitations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
There smokes trailed on the ground and lurked in hollows, and fumes leaked from fissures in the earth.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
